The glad shout /
Robinson, Alice,
The glad shout / Alice Robinson. - 311 pages ; 25 cm.
After a catastrophic storm destroys Melbourne, Isobel flees to higher ground with her husband and young daughter. Food and supplies run low, panic sets in and still no help arrives. To protect her daughter, Isobel must take drastic action. The Glad Shout is an extraordinary novel of rare depth and texture. Told in a starkly visual and compelling narrative, this is a deeply moving homage to motherhood and the struggles faced by women in difficult times.
9781925712650 1925712656
Severe storms--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Mother and child--Fiction.
Melbourne (Vic.)--Fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
A823.4
The glad shout / Alice Robinson. - 311 pages ; 25 cm.
After a catastrophic storm destroys Melbourne, Isobel flees to higher ground with her husband and young daughter. Food and supplies run low, panic sets in and still no help arrives. To protect her daughter, Isobel must take drastic action. The Glad Shout is an extraordinary novel of rare depth and texture. Told in a starkly visual and compelling narrative, this is a deeply moving homage to motherhood and the struggles faced by women in difficult times.
9781925712650 1925712656
Severe storms--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Mother and child--Fiction.
Melbourne (Vic.)--Fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
A823.4