Daddy, We Hardly Knew You - Hardcover

Greer, Germaine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394583132 ISBN 13: 9780394583136

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990

Synopsis

The author offers an account of her probe into the secrets of her father's past, an intensely emotional journey that carried her around the world, into the memories of those who had known Reg Greer

About this title

About the Author:

Germaine Greer's books include The Female Eunuch; The Obstacle Race; Sex and Destiny; The Madwoman's Underclothes; Daddy, We Hardly Knew You; The Change; and Slip-Shod Sibyls. She has had a distinguished career in academia, including as professor of English and comparative literary studies at Warwick University, England.

From Publishers Weekly:

Greer's father, an Australian intelligence officer, left for WW II when she was only four. His cavalier pose concealed a family secret revealed in the closing section of this poignant memoir by the author of The Female Eunuch . Reg Greer came back from the war an anxiety-ridden, emotionally distant wreck. His daughter's later need to reconnect with him and her genealogical roots involved coming to terms with her craving for the love he never gave her. Though the narrative suffers from purple-hued padding, self-dramatization and a glaring dearth of factual evidence about her father's adult life, it's worth sticking with for the surprising finale, when Greer discovers his true identity and, in so doing, faces her own feelings of loss, love, regret and anger. The deeply affecting climax is a remarkable feat of family reconstruction. Along the way Greer files discerning observations of Australia's people and ecology, of war, and of Tasmania, India and Malta, where she traveled in search of "Daddy."
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About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0394583132
• ISBN 13: 9780394583136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 311