My Father's Moon
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Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
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A quietly haunting work of literary fiction, My Father's Moon chronicles the fragmented memories and inner life of Vera Wright, a young Australian woman navigating the emotional austerity of wartime nursing training in England. Elizabeth Jolley constructs the narrative with a lyrical, elliptical style that mirrors the disjointed nature of memory itself, weaving between Vera's lonely present and the formative relationships of her past. The novel presents themes of longing, displacement, and the enduring psychological weight of a strict, morally complex upbringing, particularly the looming influence of Vera's father and his idealistic vision of the moon as a symbol of purity and guidance. Jolley's prose is intimate yet restrained, carrying an undercurrent of melancholy that transforms the ordinary details of institutional life into something deeply resonant. Widely regarded as one of Jolley's most autobiographical and emotionally precise works, it stands as a testament to her mastery of the interior novel.
Author: Elizabeth Jolley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989, Harper & Row
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A quietly haunting work of literary fiction, My Father's Moon chronicles the fragmented memories and inner life of Vera Wright, a young Australian woman navigating the emotional austerity of wartime nursing training in England. Elizabeth Jolley constructs the narrative with a lyrical, elliptical style that mirrors the disjointed nature of memory itself, weaving between Vera's lonely present and the formative relationships of her past. The novel presents themes of longing, displacement, and the enduring psychological weight of a strict, morally complex upbringing, particularly the looming influence of Vera's father and his idealistic vision of the moon as a symbol of purity and guidance. Jolley's prose is intimate yet restrained, carrying an undercurrent of melancholy that transforms the ordinary details of institutional life into something deeply resonant. Widely regarded as one of Jolley's most autobiographical and emotionally precise works, it stands as a testament to her mastery of the interior novel.