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The year of the beast / Steven Carroll.
Series: Glenroy novels. 6 | Carroll, Steven, Glenroy novels ; Publication details: Sydney, NSW : Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.Description: 305 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781460757697
- World War (1914-1918)
- 1900-1999
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Single mothers -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Single mothers -- Australia -- Fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
- Suburban life -- Australia -- Fiction
- Teachers -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships
- Manners and customs
- Teachers
- Australian fiction
- Australian fiction
- Unmarried mothers - Australia - Melbourne - Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- 1901-1922 -- Fiction
- Australia
- Victoria -- Melbourne
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Australian
- A823.4 23
- Miles Franklin award, Commonwealth writer's prize, Prime Minister's Literary Award.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | CAR | Glenroy Bk.6 | Available | 068953 |
Total reserves: 0
The final novel in the Glenroy stories (and a 'prequel' to THE ART OF THE ENGINE DRIVER, published in 2001). It Melbourne, 1917. Maryanne is a schoolteacher, an unmarried woman, who defies the church and society by keeping her baby rather than giving it up for adoption. Meanwhile, the Great War is raging, and there is about to be a second referendum for compulsory conscription.
Miles Franklin award, Commonwealth writer's prize, Prime Minister's Literary Award.
