The Paperbark Shoe

by Goldie Goldbloom

Book Overview

Winner of the 2008 AWP Award for the Novel

From 1941 to 1947, eighteen thousand Italian prisoners of war were sent to Australia. The Italian surrender that followed the downfall of Mussolini had created a novel circumstance: prisoners who theoretically were no longer enemies. Many of these exiles were sent to work on isolated farms, unguarded.

The Paperbark Shoe is the unforgettable story of Gin Boyle--an albino, a classically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312674503
• ISBN13: 9780312674502
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.2"