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My Father's Moon

By Elizabeth Jolley Jolley_my_father_pmc_thumbnail

Vera is young, awkward and naive. As schoolgirl she has her sheltered idealism, her Quaker boarding-school education, and the warm, enveloping security of her parents. As student nurse at the large military hospital during the war, her transition to womanhood - and victim to more experienced players - is rapid, painful and disastrous. Yet, for Vera, always there is the moon - her companion, comforter, and the unbreakable link with her father.

Age Fiction Prize, 1989
3M Talking Book of the Year, 1989

ANZ : Viking Penguin
US/Canada : Harper & Row
UK : Viking Penguin
German : Kuntzman