Restless Dolly Maunder
Restless Dolly Maunder
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024
The international bestselling author of The Secret River andA Room Made of Leaves returns with a fictionalised account of her grandmotherslife, commemorating a strong female character making the best out of the timesand society she was born in.
Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century,when societys long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determinedwomen. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dollyspends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children donot deter her from searching for love and independence.
Restless Dolly Maunder is a subversive, triumphant tale of apioneering woman working her way through a world of limits and obstacles, whois able despite the cost to make a life she could call her own.
