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ISBN 978-0-7022-3626-6 | 3.5/5 Goodreads Publication date 2007 Pages 374 pp Originally published 2007 OCLC 173655618 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fern Tattoo is a 2007 novel by the Australian author David Brooks.
Contents
Dedication
"To my daughter Jessica"
Plot summary
Benedict's mother has recently died; after the funeral he receives a phone call from Mrs. Darling, a friend of his mother's. Benedict visits the old woman in the countryside where she tells him various tales that involve three generations of families. He spends the next several years visiting Mrs. Darling, rearranging his personal plans so he can visit her more often. One day he receives a phone call that Mrs. Darling is dying. He finally learns that the stories she has been telling him have been about his own family.
Epigraph
"Yes, man is broad, too broad indeed. I'd have him narrower." - Dmitri Fyodorovitch Karamazov: The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky