One Hundred Days (Unabridged)
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4.2 • 12 Ratings
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
From one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother-daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control.
One hundred days. It’s no time at all, she tells me. But she’s not the one waiting.
In a heady whirlwind of independence, lust and defiance, 16-year-old Karuna falls pregnant. Not on purpose, but not entirely by accident, either. Incensed, Karuna’s mother, already over-protective, confines her to their 14th-storey housing-commission flat, to keep her safe from the outside world – and make sure she can’t get into any more trouble.
Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date draws ever closer, the question of who will get to raise the baby – who it will call Mum – festers between them.
One Hundred Days is a fractured fairytale exploring the fault lines between love and control. At times tense and claustrophobic, it is nevertheless brimming with humour, warmth and character. It is a magnificent new work from one of Australia’s most celebrated authors.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
From the outset of Alice Pung’s novel, shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, we know that there are two hearts beating inside teenager Karuna: hers and her baby’s. When Karuna’s Chinese Filipino mother discovers the secret, the intensity of her suffocating grip on Karuna's free will threatens to extinguish their already fraught relationship. Sun Park’s thoughtful narration sensitively captures Karuna’s sweet naivety, innate humour and the familiar throb of her youthful inner turmoil. One Hundred Days is an illuminating listen that explores how love and control can overlap to the point of being indistinguishable.
