Women & Children by Tony Birch 2

Women & Children by Tony Birch 2A powerful, personal novel about women, children and justice, from one of this country's most loved and clear eyed writers. It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby, spending his days trying to avoid trouble with the nuns at the local Catholic primary school. One evening his Aunty Oona appears on the doorstep, distressed and needing somewhere to stay. As his mum and aunty work out what to do,

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and in these uncertain times that is worth plenty

Where my little brother grows

shimmering slice into womanhood

Extensively illustrated

the ' garage girl'

a distribution map

Boris can't shake the idea that something funny is going on

The book's range is encyclopaedic and engrossing-sometimes dramatic

rounding the desolate salt lakes

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