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Camille's Bread

By Amanda Lohrey
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Camille's Bread by Amanda Lohrey explores the intricacies of modern family life and personal relationships through the story of Camille, a resilient woman who navigates the challenges of raising her young daughter and maintaining a partnership with her artistic but unpredictable lover, Marita. The narrative delves into themes of independence, identity, and the everyday struggles of balancing personal aspirations with family commitments. This poignant tale is set against the backdrop of evocative, richly described settings.
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After too many nights of takeaway pizzas, Marita wants just one year off to look after her daughter, Camille. Then she meets Stephen, a public servant in the complex process of reinventing himself, training as a shiatsu masseur. As their relationship grows, so does the drama of parenting Camille, in this elegantly crafted, warmly appealing novel of contemporary Australian life.

Camille’s Bread is a captivating exploration of family dynamics and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of modern Australia.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780732258733

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 1996

Country: Australia

Imprint: Fourth Estate

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Amanda Lohrey lives in Tasmania and writes fiction and non-fiction. She has taught Politics at the University of Tasmania and Writing and Textual Studies at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Queensland. Amanda is a regular contributor to the Monthly magazine and is a former Senior Fellow of the Literature Board of the Australia Council. Her novel Camille's Bread (HarperCollins, 1996) was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, the Colin Roderick Award, the NSW Premier's Prize for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writer's Award Regional Prize. It won the ALS Gold Medal and the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction. In November 2012 she received the Patrick White Award for literature. The Labyrinth (Text, 2020) was the winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021.

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