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"Australian author Richard Flanagan set this novel in Tasmania. In 1954 when Sonia Buloh was three years old her mother, Maria, walked out of the place they called home into a blizzard and was never heard of again. Sonia's parents arrived in Australia as refugees after the Second World War. Bojan Buloh, like his fellow New Australians works on a dam which is to provide power for the state. Bojan Buloh drinks too much and works too hard to take care of his daughter. Little Sonia is raised by other families who use her badly. When she is about eight Bojan takes her back to live with him but when he is drunk he beats her. She is sixteen when she leaves for Sydney and does not come back till she is about thirty-eight, unmarried and pregnant. The story runs between these two time frames and the father and daughter, long estranged finally come to an understanding after Sonia's baby is born."
Penny , Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Inside culture (main char)
- Australian (mate!)
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father (or standin)
Outside culture (society)
- Australian (mate!)
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- secretary
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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