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'MY PARENTS ARE OF A CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON...ABOUT WHOM YOU CULD SAY THAT...THEY'RE SAFER IN JAIL.' SHOCKED AT THE ONSET OF PUBERTY AND THE CATASTROPHE SHE BELIEVES IT BROUGHT ON HER PARENTS, BARBARA HAS SINCE BEEN A MOST DUTIFUL DAUGHTER. BOUND IN DOMINANCE OVER THEM, SHE TENDS HER AFFLICTED PARENTS, MANAGING THE BEASTS AND THE LAND SINGLE-HANDED ON THE ISOLATED MARSHLANDS OF CAMPBELL'S REACH. IT IS HER BROTHER DAMIAN WHO REVEALS THE SECRETS THAT THE FAMILY HAS SHARED FOR THE PAST THIRTEEN YEARS. AS THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES WITHIN EACH OF THEM MOVE TOWARDS A CLIMAX, BARBARA IS IMPELLED TOMAKE THE FINAL SACRIFICE.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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. Australian literatures strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925773446
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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. Australian literatures strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925773446
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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. Australian literatures strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925773446
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