Joan London, Author . Grove $23 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1741-0
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Joan London, Author . Grove/Black Cat $14.95 (349p) ISBN 978-0-8021-7057-6
London (Gilgamesh
) delivers an excellent family drama rooted in rural Australian lives. The novel opens with a lengthy glimpse into the life of 20-year-old Maya de Jong, who has recently left her small hometown for a new job (and subsequently an...
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Joan London, Author Penguin Books $5.95 (118p) ISBN 978-0-14-010571-1
In the title story in this slim, jewel-like collection, the narrator, a young woman, travels by ocean liner from her home in Australia to England, a trip that is nothing like her mother's past experience. (""The trip as my mother planned it . . . is
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Joan London. Europa (PRH, dist.), $17 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-60945-332-9
Seen one way, Frank Gold is unfortunate: he and his parents are from Hungary but are now “New Australians,” victims of World War II—refugees, displaced people, survivors—that Australia prides itself on having taken in. Nearly 13, he is a polio...
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