- Juvenile fiction, Catholic schools, Fiction, Fathers and daughters
During her senior year in a Catholic school in Sydney, Australia, seventeen-year-old Josie meets and must contend with the father she has never known.
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Earnest, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Melina Marchetta
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Currency Press, Bolinda Publishing, Orchard Books
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780531301425
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