The Good Parents
Published on 1. November 2009
352 pages
978-1-84887-437-4 (ISBN)
Description
From the author of Gilgamesh - longlisted for the Orange Prize - comes a novel of loss and longing that goes right to the heart of the struggle to belong.
Maya de Jong, an eighteen-year-old country girl, moves away from home to live in the city. Here she begins an affair with her boss, whose wife is dying of cancer. But when Maya's parents, Toni and Jacob, arrive to stay with her, they are told by her housemate that Maya has gone away and no one knows where she is.
As Toni and Jacob search for their daughter in the city, everything in their lives is thrown in doubt. They recall the dreams and ideals, the betrayals and choices of their youth - choices with unexpected and irrevocable consequences. As if, to bring Maya back, they must return to their own pasts.
Maya de Jong, an eighteen-year-old country girl, moves away from home to live in the city. Here she begins an affair with her boss, whose wife is dying of cancer. But when Maya's parents, Toni and Jacob, arrive to stay with her, they are told by her housemate that Maya has gone away and no one knows where she is.
As Toni and Jacob search for their daughter in the city, everything in their lives is thrown in doubt. They recall the dreams and ideals, the betrayals and choices of their youth - choices with unexpected and irrevocable consequences. As if, to bring Maya back, they must return to their own pasts.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,86 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84887-437-4 (9781848874374)
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Joan London
The Good Parents
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11/2009
Atlantic Books
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Joan London is the author of two prize-winning collections of stories published in Australia. A bestseller in its native Australia, Gilgamesh, was published by Atlantic Books in 2003 and was longlisted for the Orange Prize and the Dublin Impac Prize, awarded the Age Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award.
Content
- Intro
- The Good Parents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Chapter 1: The Office
- Chapter 2: The House
- Chapter 3: Leaving
- Chapter 4: White Garden
- Chapter 5: Country of the Young
- Chapter 6: Boans
- Chapter 7: The Lucky
- Chapter 8: Massage
- Chapter 9: Kitty
- Chapter 10: Retrace
- Chapter 11: Warton
- Chapter 12: Music for Carlos
- Chapter 13: Balcony
- Chapter 14: Karma
- Chapter 15: Tod and Clarice
- Chapter 16: The Vision on the Highway
- Chapter 17: The Mimosa
- Chapter 18: Andrew
- Chapter 19: Grand Final
- Chapter 20: The Devil's Country
- Chapter 21: Departure
- Chapter 22: Arrival
- Chapter 23: The Call
- Acknowledgements
