Losing Face - An unforgettable novel about family and Western Sydney

Haddad, George
Losing Face - An unforgettable novel about family and Western Sydney

Losing Face - An unforgettable novel about family and Western Sydney

Haddad, George

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A stunning, thought-provoking novel about facing up to your family and your future

Joey is young, indifferent. He's drifting around Western Sydney unaware that his passivity is leading him astray. And then one day he is involved in a violent crime, one that threatens to upend his life entirely.

Elaine, his grandmother, is a proud Lebanese woman with problems of her own. When Joey is arrested, she is desperate to save face and hold herself together. In her family, history repeats itself, vices come and go, and uncovering long-buried secrets isn't always cathartic.

This gripping and hard-hitting novel reveals the richness and complexity of contemporary Australian life and tests the idea that facing consequences will make us better people.

Author:   Haddad, George
Publisher:   University of Queensland Press
ISBN:  

9780702265556


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   03 May 2022
Bind Format:   Paperback
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A stunning, thought-provoking novel about facing up to your family and your future

Joey is young, indifferent. He's drifting around Western Sydney unaware that his passivity is leading him astray. And then one day he is involved in a violent crime, one that threatens to upend his life entirely.

Elaine, his grandmother, is a proud Lebanese woman with problems of her own. When Joey is arrested, she is desperate to save face and hold herself together. In her family, history repeats itself, vices come and go, and uncovering long-buried secrets isn't always cathartic.

This gripping and hard-hitting novel reveals the richness and complexity of contemporary Australian life and tests the idea that facing consequences will make us better people.

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Author:   Haddad, George
Publisher:   University of Queensland Press
ISBN:  

9780702265556


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   03 May 2022
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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