Restless Dolly Maunder [Paperback]

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024

The Women's Prize-winning and Booker-shortlisted international bestselling author returns with a fictionalised account of her grandmother's life

Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do not deter her from searching for love and independence.

Restless Dolly Maunderis a subversive, triumphant tale of a pioneering woman working her way through a world of limits and obstacles, who is able - despite the cost - to make a life she could call her own.

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Kate Grenville's bestselling novelThe Secret Riverreceived the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award.The Idea of Perfectionwon the Women's Prize. Grenville's other novels includeSarah Thornhill,The Lieutenant,Lilian's Story,Dark Places,Joan Makes HistoryandA Room Made of Leaves.

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The Women's Prize-winning and Booker-shortlisted international bestselling author returns with a fictionalised account of her grandmother's life A work of history, biography, story and memoir, all fused into a novel that suggests the great potential of literary art as redeemer, healer and pathway to understanding . . . the writing sparkles with Grenville's gift for transcendently clear imagery A powerful novel about a woman determined to rise above her station . . . A privilege to share in Grenville's indomitable grandmother's journey Grenville . . . tells Dolly's story swiftly, cleanly and compassionately, all the while refusing to let this difficult, furious woman off lã/