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Language English Publication date 2012 Media type Print Paperback Originally published 2012 Page count 313 Country Australia | 4/5 Goodreads Publisher Picador, Australia Published in English 1 July 2012 Pages 313 ISBN 9781742611556 Published in english 1 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Beloved (2012) is a novel by Australian author Annah Faulkner. It won the 2013 Nita Kibble Literary Award.
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Book summary
Roberta (Bertie) Lightfoot moves from post-war Melbourne and Sydney in the 1950s to post-colonial frontier town, Port Moresby. One day she discovers she has polio and the novel follows her long road to recovery and the subsequent discovery of her gifts as an painter.
Reviews
"Readings" bookstore called the novel "Tender and witty, The Beloved is a moving debut novel which paints a vivid portrait of both the beauty and the burden of unconditional love."
Mary Anne Elliott, reviewing the novel in The Northern Star stated: "Faulkner's engaging and evocative narrative never falters; it is by turns wise, witty and completely delightful."
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The Beloved (Faulkner novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA