The Historian's Daughter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781742588940)

In an old house with 'too many windows and women, ' high in the Indian hills, young Hannah lives with her older sister Gloria; her two older brothers; her mother, 'the Magician;' a colourful assortment of aunts, blow-ins, and misfits; and her father, 'the Historian.' It is a world of secrets, jealousies, and lies, ruled by the Historian but smoothed over by the Magician, whose kindnesses and wisdom bring homely comfort and all-enveloping love to a ramshackle building that seems destined for chaos. And then one day the Magician is gone, Gloria is gone, and the Historian has spirited Hannah and her brothers away to a new, and at first bewildering, life in Perth. As Hannah grows and makes her own way through Australian life, an education, and friendships, she begins to penetrate to the heart of one of the old house's greatest secrets-and to the meaning of her own existence. [Subject: Fiction]

Author: Rashida Murphy
ISBN-10: 1742588948
ISBN-13: 9781742588940
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2016
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d