Two Daughters

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Atlantic Books Australia
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2024
Edition: First Edition

Description: 323 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A brilliant debut reaching from the picturesque South Coast of NSW to the cloisters of Cambridge, following two young womens lives as they become entwined in ways neither could have expected. Exploring motherhood, class, social justice, love and identity, it is told with wit and empathy - perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty.. For Ava, heading to university in the city is her escape from a poverty-stricken upbringing in a tiny coastal town. Her mother deserted the family when she was a baby, leaving her with a chronically ill father who was able to provide love but little else.. On the other side of the world, Laurie tolerates university only at the urging of her father, a celebrated professor of Marxist thought. Her mother died in childbirth, and Laurie feels boxed in by her fathers expectations. She dreams of freedom, far from the Cambridge cloisters. . It is within these college grounds that Ava and Laurie cross paths. They could not be more different, and yet as each grapple with the lasting effects of losing a mother, their lives become entwined in ways neither could have expected. . Ava pursues academic success and security through a marriage that catapults her into the British establishment. But will her obsession with leaving the past behind drive her to do something unthinkable Meanwhile, rebellious Laurie forgoes academia and decides to have a baby on her ownbut she could never have predicted the shock that is coming.. Alison Edwards brilliant novel Two Daughters explores motherhood, family, class, social justice, love and identity with a large dose of wit, the occasional detour into darkness, but always with the heartbeat of hope.

ISBN: 9781922928047