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Once On A Road

Mary Ellen Mullane

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English
Vintage
01 February 2010
Winner of the Society of Women Writers Biennial Book Award 2011

Winner of the Society of Women Writers Biennial Book Award 2011

How far would you go to protect your grandchildren from their mother?

Naomi Adams is a midwife, a mother and a grandmother. Her two young grandsons, Chris and Max, have been the centre of her world since both her sons were killed in a car accident. Her daughter-in-law, Zoe, was said to have been driving on that devastating afternoon. Zoe is badly injured in the crash and once she recovers, still ruined, she walks away from her boys and from Naomi for eight years. But now she wants her sons back. And Naomi can't let them go.

Exploring the age-old themes of duty and love, exile and return, this is the story of Naomi and Zoe. It is also the story of Chris and Max, who adore their grandmother but long for their mother, whether or not she knows what's best for them. The choice they make has grave repercussions for the whole family, which will reverberate for years to come.

Beautifully told in spare, vivid prose Once on a Road is a superb first novel about the complexity of families and how, eventually, even the most tangled and unhappy relationships can be redeemed by forgiveness and love.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   295g
ISBN:   9781741669077
ISBN 10:   1741669073
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mary-Ellen Mullane originally worked as a social worker, specialising in child and family health, before fleeing into film production. She has won numerous awards as a documentary producer for films and television series including Parent Rescue, Divorce Stories, Growing Up and Going Home, Maternity Unit. She recently completed her Masters of Arts in Creative Writing at Macquarie University. Once on a Road is her first novel.

Reviews for Once On A Road

'If Jane Austen were alive today - and a Los Angeles gay punk teenager - she would write like Dennis Cooper' Attitude; 'This is high-risk literature. It takes enormous courage for a writer to explore, as Mr. Cooper does, the extreme boundaries of human behavior and amorality, right to the abyss where desire and lust topple into death' New York Times; 'Arrestingly well written' Times Literary Supplement; 'Harrowing as his work unquestionably is, there may be no better chronicler of the fragmentation of the contemporary American psyche' Scotland on Sunday


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