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Australia Street
Set in 1948, this is a vivid domestic drama about a turbulent year in the life of a working-class family in inner-city Sydney.
Hannah Gordon has always wanted to be someone important, yet she's stuck in an inner-city back street, fighting to keep hold of her children, her home and her sense of self. Then a devastating accident sets off a chain of events that will rock the f...more
Hannah Gordon has always wanted to be someone important, yet she's stuck in an inner-city back street, fighting to keep hold of her children, her home and her sense of self. Then a devastating accident sets off a chain of events that will rock the f...more
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Published
2008
by Penguin Viking
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‘Bad luck’s coming, I can feel it in me water, …’
This novel commences on Friday the 13th of February 1948 and chronicles a year in the life of the Gordon family who live in Australia Street in inner city Sydney. This particular day is Hannah Gordon’s thirty-sixth birthday, and her daughter Allie’s sixteenth. It’s a full moon as well, and Hannah doesn’t need Grandma Ade’s warning about bad luck.
Hannah Gordon has two teenage daughters, Janet and Allie, and a younger foster son Hal. She loses her j...more
This novel commences on Friday the 13th of February 1948 and chronicles a year in the life of the Gordon family who live in Australia Street in inner city Sydney. This particular day is Hannah Gordon’s thirty-sixth birthday, and her daughter Allie’s sixteenth. It’s a full moon as well, and Hannah doesn’t need Grandma Ade’s warning about bad luck.
Hannah Gordon has two teenage daughters, Janet and Allie, and a younger foster son Hal. She loses her j...more
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Australia Street, by Ann Whitehead, narrated by Julie Mihill, produced by Bolinda Audio, downloaded from audible.com.
Hannah Gordon is turning 36 on Friday the 13th in 1948, and her daughter, Allie is turning 16 on the same day. Hannah is stuck in a marriage with husband Tom, which has been a loveless marriage for some time. She married him because she got pregnant, and didn’t do any of the things she wanted. Now, Tom is a drunk who won’t hold a job so Hannah works constantly to support the famil...more
Hannah Gordon is turning 36 on Friday the 13th in 1948, and her daughter, Allie is turning 16 on the same day. Hannah is stuck in a marriage with husband Tom, which has been a loveless marriage for some time. She married him because she got pregnant, and didn’t do any of the things she wanted. Now, Tom is a drunk who won’t hold a job so Hannah works constantly to support the famil...more
A great depiction of the life of a low-income Aussie family in the 1940's. No government hand-outs, men just back from the war, children leaving school as soon as they were able to gain full-time employment so they could contribute to the family income to survive.
It's about the changes the war brought about within families, families falling apart and men trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives after the war and the constant struggles it brings. Ultimately it's about family and how...more
It's about the changes the war brought about within families, families falling apart and men trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives after the war and the constant struggles it brings. Ultimately it's about family and how...more
similar feel to cloud street-altho less imagery...but still great characters
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