Another World
by Pat Barker
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670877166
- ISBN 13
- 9780670877164
- Seller
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Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
During the hazy Newcastle summer, Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying. A proud and resilient man, he has long outlived his peers but not the memories of his youth. As Nick watches, Geordie starts to relive the horrors surrounding his brother's death in the painful days before his own.
Meanwhile at Lob's Hill, on the other side of the city, Nick and his pregnant wife Fran are failing to keep the peace in their increasingly fractious home. Looking after two-year-old Jasper is an exhausting business, made more so by the resentments of stepchildren Gareth and Miranda. In an attempt to unite the family, Fran organizes the children into decorating the living room. Gradually, as the old wallpaper is peeled away, a vigorous and obscene drawing of an Edwardian family is uncovered. The portrait is an exercise in hate: it reveals the history of their home, casting a terrifying shadow over the family.
As events at Lob's Hill unfold, Nick begins to learn his grandfather's buried secrets, and comes to understand the power of old wounds to leak into the present.
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- Bookseller
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DASHbooks825
- Title
- Another World
- Author
- Pat Barker
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0670877166
- ISBN 13
- 9780670877164
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Australia Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Ringwood
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- pat barker, another world, family saga novel,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novel; Family Saga;
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