ISBN |
9780702265983 (paperback) |
Name |
Birch, Tony, 1957- author. |
Title |
Blood / Tony Birch ; introduction by Larissa Behrendt. |
Published |
St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2023. |
©2023 |
Description |
x, 285 pages ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
First published in 2011 by University of Queensland Press" --Title page verso. |
Summary |
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Blood is a boy's odyssey set on the back roads of Australia.Jesse has sworn to protect his sister, Rachel, no matter what. It's a promise that cannot be broken. A promise made in blood. But, when it comes down to life or death, how can he find the courage to keep it?Set on the back roads of Australia, Blood is a boy's odyssey through a broken-down adult world. |
Subjects |
Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors |
Dysfunctional families -- Australia -- Fiction |
Siblings -- Australia -- Fiction |
Australian fiction |
Literature and stories - Fiction |
Literature and stories - Fiction - Life writing |
Australia -- Fiction |
Genre |
Domestic fiction |
Other Names |
Behrendt, Larissa writer of introduction. |
Series |
First Nations classics |
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