Lost Haven
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Australian Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket glued onto binding front, spine, inside binding, and back (just blurb). Rubbing, wear and tear on binding around spine. Foxing on block - does not extend internally. Mylar sleeve on binding.
Set against the backdrop of a small Australian coastal town during the Great Depression, this richly observed work of literary fiction chronicles the lives of a diverse cast of characters who converge on a struggling community, each carrying their own burdens of poverty, ambition, and quiet desperation. Kylie Tennant, celebrated for her unflinching social realism, illustrates with sharp wit and deep compassion how economic hardship fractures relationships and reshapes human dignity. The narrative uncovers the tensions simmering beneath the surface of ordinary life — between the haves and the have-nots, the settled and the transient, the idealistic and the pragmatic. Written with Tennant's characteristic blend of dark humor and empathetic observation, Lost Haven stands as a vital document of Australian working-class experience and a testament to the resilience of those society leaves behind.
Author: Kylie Tennant
Format: Hardback
Published: 1946, Macmillan & Co. Limited
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: First Australian Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket glued onto binding front, spine, inside binding, and back (just blurb). Rubbing, wear and tear on binding around spine. Foxing on block - does not extend internally. Mylar sleeve on binding.
Set against the backdrop of a small Australian coastal town during the Great Depression, this richly observed work of literary fiction chronicles the lives of a diverse cast of characters who converge on a struggling community, each carrying their own burdens of poverty, ambition, and quiet desperation. Kylie Tennant, celebrated for her unflinching social realism, illustrates with sharp wit and deep compassion how economic hardship fractures relationships and reshapes human dignity. The narrative uncovers the tensions simmering beneath the surface of ordinary life — between the haves and the have-nots, the settled and the transient, the idealistic and the pragmatic. Written with Tennant's characteristic blend of dark humor and empathetic observation, Lost Haven stands as a vital document of Australian working-class experience and a testament to the resilience of those society leaves behind.