Women & Children

by Tony Birch

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby, spending his days trying to avoid trouble with the nuns at the local Catholic primary school. One evening his Aunty Oona appears on the doorstep, distressed and needing somewhere to stay. As his mum and aunty work out what to do, Joe comes to understand the secrets that the women in his family carry, including on their bodies. Yet their pleas for assistance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702268488
• ISBN13: 9780702268489
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 336 Pages