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A Dutiful Daughter: Text Classics

By Thomas Keneally
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A Dutiful Daughter: Text Classics by Thomas Keneally is a compelling novel about the Glover family, who live a seemingly ordinary life on their farm. However, their existence is turned upside down by an unexpected transformation that challenges the boundaries of family loyalty and identity. This narrative explores complex themes of devotion, obligation, and the surreal nature of personal evolution.
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You might enjoy this intriguing novel if you appreciate exploring complex familial dynamics and relationships with an unusual twist. Keneally, known for his skill in delving into the human psyche, offers a story that blends realism with a touch of the surreal, making it a captivating read for those who relish insightful character studies and thought-provoking narratives.

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A Dutiful Daughter: Text Classics

Australian literature’s strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist

Australian literature's strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist.

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Australian literature's strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist.

It is the duty of a good child to let his parents know the second they turn into animals.

Barbara Glover's parents metamorphosed when she hit puberty, becoming bovine from the waist down. Fearful of her transformative powers, she tends diligently to them, keeping them like animals on the family's remote farm and—along with her brother, Damian, who harbours incestuous longings for her—protecting their terrible secret from the world.

First published in 1971, Thomas Keneally's A Dutiful Daughter is strange and disturbing, and utterly unlike any other Australian novel.

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A Dutiful Daughter by Thomas Keneally is praised for its marvellous and authentic portrayal, according to the New York Times. Kirkus Review finds the story surprisingly unique, noting its unusual ménage. ABC RN describes the narrative as a peculiar tale centred around an extraordinarily eccentric family.

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ISBN: 9781925773446

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 April 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 154g

Pages: 268

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About the Author

Thomas Keneally was born in 1935 in country New South Wales. In 1958 he entered the seminary but left before being ordained. He published his first book, The Place at Whitton, in 1964. He won the Miles Franklin Literary Award for Bring Larks and Heroes (1967) and Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968), and was shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize before becoming the first Australian ever to win it- for Schindler's Ark, in 1982. Keneally has written over thirty books, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as plays and essays.

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