Driving into the Sun

Name: Driving into the Sun
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781925591996
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By Marcella Polain

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Driving into the Sun by Marcella Polain is a poignant exploration of family dynamics and personal growth, set against the backdrop of 1960s Australia. The novel follows a young girl's journey as she grapples with the complexities of loss, love, and resilience amidst changing landscapes and uncertain futures. As she navigates her formative years, she discovers profound connections that shape her understanding of the world and her place within it.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate heartfelt stories about family, loss, and resilience. Set in the 1960s, it beautifully captures the perspective of a young girl navigating the complexities of her changing world after a personal tragedy. The evocative prose and vivid settings craft a deeply moving narrative that lingers in the mind.

For Orla, living in the suburbs in 1968 on the cusp of adolescence, her father is a great shining light, whose warm and powerful presence fills her world. But in the aftermath of his sudden death, Orla, her mother and her sister are left in a no-man's land, a place where the rights and protections of the nuclear family suddenly no longer apply.

For Orla, living in the suburbs in 1968 on the cusp of adolescence, her father is a great shining light, whose warm and powerful presence fills her world.

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For Orla, living in the suburbs in 1968 on the cusp of adolescence, her father is a great shining light, whose warm and powerful presence fills her world.

But after his sudden death, Orla, her mother, and her sister are left in a no-man's land, a place where the certainties and protections of the nuclear family suddenly and mysteriously no longer apply, and where the path between girl and woman must be navigated alone.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925591996

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 February 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Fremantle Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 207.0mm

Weight: 314g

Pages: 312

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About the Author

Marcella Polain was born in Singapore and immigrated to Australia at the age of two with her Irish father and Armenian mother. She writes poetry, narrative fiction and lyric essays; her work has been published nationally and internationally, and in translation. Her first novel, The Edge of the World (2007, Fremantle Press), was shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize. She has published three collections of poetry- Dumbstruck won the Anne Elder Poetry Prize, Each Clear Night was shortlisted for the WA Premier's Prize for Poetry and Therapy Like Fish- New and Selected Poems was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Prize. She is Senior Lecturer in the Writing program at Edith Cowan University, Perth.

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