Book Overview
Shielded from emotional and physical abuse by layers of fat, Lilian struggles to escape a suffocating existence in the home of her tyrannical Victorian father and her elegant but ineffectual mother.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1841959952
Release Date:July 2007
Publisher:Canongate Books
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.48 lbs.
Dimensions:7.8" x 0.8" x 5.2"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Amazing Survival
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Lilian's Story is a book I have had to read for my university english course, and it is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. Lilian is a true survivor when all the odds are against her. I would recommend this to anyone.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This novel is one of the most emotive I have read. It tells the story of a girl and her struggles to conform to the norms of her dysfunctional family and abusive father. She is an outcast not only within her own family but within the colonial, patriarchal society she lives in. Eventually, she rejects the conformism of her upper-class upbringing and becomes an outspoken street person A fictionalised account of the life and times of the late Bea Miles, well known Sydney eccentric
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