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The Newspaper of Claremont Street eBook

by Elizabeth Jolley

About the Book

Elizabeth Jolley joins the handful of Australian writers of whom it may be said that their books are able to alter the direction of one’s inner life.’ Elizabeth Ward, Washington Post.

Weekly, an old cleaning lady known as the newspaper dreams of escape from the parasitic demands of the past and the present.

This new edition of a contemporary classic re-introduces one of the author’s most popular and distinctive characters.

Category
Adult Fiction
Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Fremantle Press
ISBN13
9781921888878
HB/PB
Ebook
Format
Ebook
Pages
176
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