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Honour and Other People's Children

Honour and Other People's Children( )
Author: Garner, Helen
Series title:Modern Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-14-318005-0
Publication Date:Jun 2008
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Penguin Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.99
Book Description:

In Honour & Other People's Children, Helen Garner examines the idiosyncratic and bothersome notions of honour by which her characters - adults and children - shape their untidy lives.

Honour is about a couple whose marriage, though abandoned in practice, persists in spirit. But the arrival of a new lover obliges them to make a proper separation and draw their child into the conflict.

Other People's Childrenis a witty, sad story of the breakdown of...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.2 x 8 x 0.75 cm
Book Weight:0.181 Kilograms
Author Biography
Garner, Helen (Author)
Helen Garner was born on November 7, 1942 in Geelong, Australia. She received a bachelor's degree with majors in English and French from the University of Melbourne. Throughout her career, she has written both fiction and non-fiction. Her first novel, Monkey Grip, was published in 1977. Her non-fiction books include The First Stone, Joe Cinque's Consolation, The Feel of Steel, True Stories and Everywhere I Look. She has also written for film and theatre. She has won numerous awards for her work including Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction for The Spare Room, For the This House of Grief, she won the Melbourne Prize for Literature, the Barbara Jefferis Award, and the Ned Kelly Award in 2015, and in 2016, the WA Premier's Book Award for nonfiction. She was one of three winners of the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize for nonfiction. Everywhere I Look won the 2017 Indie Book Award for Nonfiction.

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