Restless Dolly Maunder / Kate Grenville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grenville, Kate, 1950- author.

Contributor:

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-realization in women--Fiction.

Self-realization in women.

Women--Australia--New South Wales--Fiction.

Women.

New South Wales--History--20th century--Fiction.

New South Wales.

Feminist fiction.

Genre:

Feminist fiction.

Feminist fiction

Fiction

History

Historical fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Physical Description:

242 pages : portrait ; 23 cm

Distribution:

[Berkeley, California] : Distributed by Publishers Group West

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, UK : Canongate Books, 2023.

Summary:

"The international bestselling author of The Secret River and A Room Made of Leaves returns with a fictionalized account of her grandmother's life, commemorating a strong female character making the best out of the times and society she was born in. Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do not deter her from searching for love and independence. Restless Dolly Maunder is a subversive, triumphant tale of a pioneering woman working her way through a world of limits and obstacles, who is able--despite the cost--to make a life she could call her own"-- Goodreads.com.

Notes:

"First published in Australia by The Text Publishing Company" -- Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781805302483

1805302485

OCLC:

1390555754