Jack and Jill

Name: Jack and Jill
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781921758355
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By Helen Hodgman

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Jack and Jill by Helen Hodgman explores the complexities of a dysfunctional family living in suburban Australia during the 1960s. Centred around the relationship between the siblings Jack and Jill, the novel delves into themes of emotional turmoil, unfulfilled dreams, and the struggle for personal identity. With a sharp narrative style, it captures the darkness lurking beneath the veneer of suburban life.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate stories that explore complex relationships and delve into the nuances of everyday life, revealing the underlying emotions and tensions. Hodgman's storytelling provides a keen, often darkly humorous look at personal dynamics and the human experience, ideal for readers who relish character-driven narratives.

Jack and Jill

Jill and her dad are happy enough after her mother dies. Theirs is a simple life in the outback, far from the big city. Until Jack arrives at their door one evening, and steps inside to find the skinny, wild-looking child sitting with her grim-faced father. It's the start of all Jill's problems.

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Jack and Jill by Helen Hodgman is a captivating story beginning with Jill and her father living a simple life in the outback, content enough after her mother passes away. Their tranquil existence is a far cry from life in the big city, where a coat hanger is being constructed across a sparkling harbour.

Everything changes when Jack arrives at their door one evening, stepping inside to find a skinny, wild-looking child seated beside her grim-faced father. This marks the beginning of all Jill's problems. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," Jack ominously declares as he marches off to war. He's right in a way, but this is no ordinary romance.

Spanning the period from the Depression to the freewheeling 1960s, Hodgman's award-winning book is a masterpiece. It is a twisted fairytale, narrated with her characteristic dark wit.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781921758355

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2011

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

Helen Hodgman is the author of the novels Jack and Jill, Broken Words, Passing Remarks, Waiting for Matindi, The Bad Policeman and Blue Skies.

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