TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stanley,Jessica
TI  - A great hope
SN  - 9781760985578
U1  - A823.4 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Sydney, NSW
PB  - Picador Australia
KW  - Families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - Grief
KW  - Australia
KW  - Men
KW  - Death
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Political fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Australian stories
KW  - Adult fiction
KW  - Print
N2  - "John Clare was a titan in Australian politics. The head of a powerful union and a key player in the election of Kevin Rudd as prime minister in 2007, he had long been tipped as a future leader himself. Supporting him in his push for power were his elegant wife Grace, his troubled children Sophie and Toby, and Tessa, the mistress he thought would stay secret. But now John has fallen, brutally, to his death. A terrible accident - or was it? In the wake of losing John, his inner circle mourn and rage, remembering and trying to forget the many ways he'd loved and disappointed them. An adoring and unreliable father, a grateful and selfish husband, a besotted and absent lover, an authoritative and compassionate leader, a failed politician in an era when party politics failed a nation. As those around him reassess everything they knew of and felt for John, a new idea of what love and power really mean begins to emerge - as does the true cause of his death." -- Back cover
ER  -