Burning in / Mireille Juchau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juchau, Mireille.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian fiction.

Australian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Artarmon, NSW : Giramondo, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a novel about mothers and daughters, about the way the hidden past plays itself out in the present, and the conflicts between professional commitment and the responsibilities of family life. The story is told by a young woman, Martine, who translates the emotional distance she senses in her mother, Lotte, a holocaust survivor, into a passion for photography. Martine leaves Sydney to live in New York, in order to further her career, and has a child of her own. One day, her daughter Ruby goes missing in Central Park, while in the care of a nanny. The disappearance of her daughter throws

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; PART ONE; Some Slight Magic; Everything Transfigured; Walking Backwards; Visitations; PART TWO; Lost; The Open Secret; Sanctuary; PART THREE; Oblivion; Burning In; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-922146-06-4

OCLC:

821724843