A Kindness Cup
$16.92
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2018
Summary
A woman becomes obsessed with the story of a long-dead colonial pioneer, and her research becomes a way of coming to terms with her own past.
Researching in the archives, Belle discovers the long-dead Gaden Lockyer, a colonial pioneer in Jericho Flats, and soon becomes obsessed. Belle’s quest for Lockyer is her way of coming to terms with the past – her mother, ‘a drummer in her own all-women’s group’; her absent American father; and her ineffectual husband, Seb.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925603545 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925603547 |
| Author: | Thea Astley, Kate Grenville |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 154g |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘Astley is a writer of astonishing gifts.’– Publishers Weekly; ‘Smart, compassionate.’ New York Times
‘Smart, compassionate.’ * New York Times *
‘One of the earliest and most empathetic postwar engagements by a white Australian writer with the horrors of nineteenth-century racial violence.’ * Australian Book Review *
‘This timely and attractively priced reissue is a welcome chance to reconsider [Astley’s] rich oeuvre. Astley’s work is characterised by her irony and unflinching scrutiny of social injustice. In A Kindness Cup, she was at the top of her impressive form…This short novel is one of Australia’s finest.’ * Stuff NZ *
Thea Astley
Kate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Her international bestseller The Secret River was awarded local and overseas prizes, has been adapted for the stage and as an acclaimed television miniseries, and is now a much-loved classic. Grenville’s other novels include A Room Made of Leaves, Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Dark Places, and the Orange Prize winner The Idea of Perfection. Her non-fiction books include One Life: My Mother’s Story and The Case Against Fragrance. She has also written three books about the writing process. In 2017 Grenville was awarded the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.
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