A House With Verandahs
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 Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Shelf wear.
A semi-autobiographical work of Australian fiction, A House With Verandahs chronicles the life of a young woman navigating the complexities of identity, belonging, and cultural tension in mid-twentieth-century Western Australia. Nene Gare draws on her own experiences living on the fringes of both white Australian society and Aboriginal communities, crafting a narrative that is at once intimate and socially incisive. The novel presents the everyday realities of a mixed-race family with warmth and unflinching honesty, illustrating how love and resilience persist against a backdrop of prejudice and social exclusion. Gare's prose carries a quiet, lyrical power that transforms domestic life into a profound meditation on what it means to belong — and to be denied belonging — in one's own land.
Author: Nene Gare
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, M (Macmillan)
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Shelf wear.
A semi-autobiographical work of Australian fiction, A House With Verandahs chronicles the life of a young woman navigating the complexities of identity, belonging, and cultural tension in mid-twentieth-century Western Australia. Nene Gare draws on her own experiences living on the fringes of both white Australian society and Aboriginal communities, crafting a narrative that is at once intimate and socially incisive. The novel presents the everyday realities of a mixed-race family with warmth and unflinching honesty, illustrating how love and resilience persist against a backdrop of prejudice and social exclusion. Gare's prose carries a quiet, lyrical power that transforms domestic life into a profound meditation on what it means to belong — and to be denied belonging — in one's own land.