Listening for Small Sounds

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Allen & Unwin, 1996 - 157 páginas
Despite violence, a married couple remains true to the vow, for better or for worse. The events are seen through the eyes of Joss, 9, whose alcoholic father repeatedly abuses her placid mother, even if he sometimes apologizes. Joss does not understand why her mother puts up with it. One day she will and be glad for it. A first novel by an Australian writer.

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Sección 1
1
Sección 2
7
Sección 3
14
Sección 4
20
Sección 5
29
Sección 6
34
Sección 7
49
Sección 8
54
Sección 13
90
Sección 14
100
Sección 15
109
Sección 16
114
Sección 17
118
Sección 18
127
Sección 19
138
Sección 20
143

Sección 9
58
Sección 10
63
Sección 11
69
Sección 12
82
Sección 21
148
Sección 22
153
Sección 23
156
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Acerca del autor (1996)

PENELOPE TREVOR was born in Sydney in 1960 and moved to Melbourne with her family when she was six. She has two sons, Tashi and Jaspar. Her eclectic career includes working as an actress, a teacher in Nepal, a gallery curator, a journalist, a script writer and a novelist. She is currently working on a feature film, The Tidy Disposal of Mrs Walker and her second novel, Blind Man's Bluff, whilst being surrounded by a myriad of unfinished children's stories, a dog, seven frogs and two fish.

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