The Beloved
by Annah Faulkner
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When Roberta 'Bertie' Lightfoot is crippled by polio, her world collapses. But Mama doesn't tolerate self-pity, and Bertie is nobody if not her mother's daughter - until she sets her heart on becoming an artist. But when the family moves to Port Moresby in 1955, Bertie starts to rebel against her mother's strict control.Tags
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Australian Women's Writing 2003 - 2014
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Annah Faulkner is the author of Last Day in the Dynamite Factory, which made the Readings New Australina Writing Award 2015 shortlist. Readings established the award in February 2014 to support published Australian fiction authors, with the aim of increasing `the commercial success of first or second books by Australian authors¿. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less
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