Treading air / Ariella Van Luyn
- Bib ID:
- 7127351
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Van Luyn, Ariella, author
- Description:
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- South Melbourne, Vic. : Affirm Press, 2016
- ©2016
- 280 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781925344011 (paperback)
- 1925344010 (paperback)
- Summary:
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In 1920s Brisbane, Lizzie O'Dea wants to get away from her dad and the memories of her mum that haunt her. At the races, she meets attractive, war-scarred Joe. When he says that he wants to marry her and take her away to far-flung Townsville, Lizzie sees her chance to escape. But Lizzie soon falls through what she'd thought was a safety net. On the fringes of society, she discovers a new sense of independence and sexuality, love and friendship. It's a precarious life, though. Always on the edge of collapse, eventually it spins out of control. Two decades later, Lizzie is sick and worn out. Lying in a Brisbane lock hospital, she thinks about Joe, who's been lost to her for twenty years. But she's a survivor. There's hope yet. Treading Air is the remarkably vivid tale of a young Australian working-class rebel who clashed with the expectations of her world, and a powerful debut from award-winning Queensland author Ariella Van Luyn.
- Subject:
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- Prostitution -- Queensland -- Fiction
- Women -- Queensland -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Conformity -- Fiction
- Brisbane (Qld.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Townsville (Qld.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Queensland -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Australian
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1974
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