Legacy
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Simone Harlowe isyoung and clever, an Aboriginal lawyer straddling two lives and two cultures while studying at Harvard. Her family life backin Sydney is defined by the complex relationship she has with her father Tony, a prominentAboriginal rights activist.
As Simone juggles the challenges of a modern woman's life - career, family, friends and relationships - her father is confronting his own uncomfortable truths as his secret double life implodes.
Can Simone accept her father for the man he is and forgive him for the man he's not?
'A stunning first novel. Behrendt creates vivid characters whose convincing inner lives bring this story of loss and survival powerfully to life.'
Kate Grenville, author of The Secret River, on Larissa Behrendt's Home
Author: Larissa Behrendt
Format: Paperback, 282 pages, 128mm x 196mm, 270 g
Published: 2009, University of Queensland Press, Australia
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Simone Harlowe isyoung and clever, an Aboriginal lawyer straddling two lives and two cultures while studying at Harvard. Her family life backin Sydney is defined by the complex relationship she has with her father Tony, a prominentAboriginal rights activist.
As Simone juggles the challenges of a modern woman's life - career, family, friends and relationships - her father is confronting his own uncomfortable truths as his secret double life implodes.
Can Simone accept her father for the man he is and forgive him for the man he's not?
'A stunning first novel. Behrendt creates vivid characters whose convincing inner lives bring this story of loss and survival powerfully to life.'
Kate Grenville, author of The Secret River, on Larissa Behrendt's Home
Legacy