The international bestselling author of The Secret River and
A Room Made of Leaves returns with a fictionalised account of her grandmother’s
life, commemorating a strong female character making the best out of the times
and society she was born in.
Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century,
when society’s long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined
women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly
spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do
not deter her from searching for love and independence.
pioneering woman working her way through a world of limits and obstacles, who
is able – despite the cost – to make a life she could call her own.
Author: Kate Grenville
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781805302483
Language: English
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