Underground Road Underground Road

Underground Road

A novel

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Publisher Description

Damien, Edith, Kenneth and Mary are residents of a single street whose lives are ordinary to the last degree and as such encompass addiction and domestic violence, quiet achievements and small acts of kindness and treachery. Jack and Mary, locked at uncomfortably close quarters on Jack's retirement, chafe and sulk and fret. Edith finds solace in her lonely life playing the pokies. Young Damien, terrified of his stepfather Marcus and the school bully, broods on revenge. And Kenneth, unhinged, wanders the streets. Lives intertwine and decisions are made. And the tension grows to its shattering climax. "'Underground Road' is a sharply political novel, highlighting uncomfortable but necessary questions about justice, fairness and human rights - especially the rights of children to live safely and be looked after, to enjoy fulfilled and happy lives." - Francesca Rendle-Short

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2013
20 August
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
232
Pages
PUBLISHER
Wakefield Press
SIZE
1.4
MB

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