Carrots and Jaffas A Novel

Carrots and Jaffas A Novel

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Carrots and Jaffas tells the story of two red-headed identical twins whose oneness is ruptured when one of them is kidnapped. Their startling intimacy is both a strengthand a fault line in their being, and once separated, their individuality emerges. In the course of this In the course of this exhilarating domestic tale set in Melbourne and the Flinders Ranges, the reader encounters the twins parents - emotional, scripture-quoting Luisa and calm Bernard - as well as two remarkable storytellers, Doc, an eccentric outback doctor and Greta, an Aboriginal elder. Trauma is followed by recovery through the unexpected agency of story and country (in the AustralianAboriginal meaning of that term).

Author: Howard Goldenberg
Format: Paperback, 244 pages, 152mm x 234mm, 321 g
Published: 2018, Hybrid Publishers, Australia
Genre: General & Literary Fiction

Description
Carrots and Jaffas tells the story of two red-headed identical twins whose oneness is ruptured when one of them is kidnapped. Their startling intimacy is both a strengthand a fault line in their being, and once separated, their individuality emerges. In the course of this In the course of this exhilarating domestic tale set in Melbourne and the Flinders Ranges, the reader encounters the twins parents - emotional, scripture-quoting Luisa and calm Bernard - as well as two remarkable storytellers, Doc, an eccentric outback doctor and Greta, an Aboriginal elder. Trauma is followed by recovery through the unexpected agency of story and country (in the AustralianAboriginal meaning of that term).