Rosemarie leaned her weight on the big kitchen knife with blind efficiency. No one wanted to know the real secrets, not the really big ones. And, she thought emphatically, I don't want anyone to know mine!
On Christmas Eve in 1967, a London woman unhappily transplanted to the Australian suburbs makes a decision that will change forever the lives of her four young children. Forty years on, those children are adept at concealing their shared pain. Deborah has a demanding political career, James is a successful artist, Robert a respected school principal. Only Meredith, the baby of the family seems struck. But as their father begins to lose his grip on reality, they find themselves floundering in an unfamiliar sea. And their past is about to reach into the present in ways that will shock and challenge them all . . .
A spellbinding contemporary novel, Listen draws us deep into the intensely private world of family life and brilliantly illuminates the joys, sorrows and sustaining comfort that we find there.
By:
Kate Veitch Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 131mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 342g ISBN:9780143006107 ISBN 10: 014300610X Pages: 384 Publication Date:25 July 2007 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active