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After she left / Penelope Hanley.

When Irish artist Deirdre Wild emigrates from the remote Blasket Islands to Sydney's The Rocks in the 1930s, she makes an indelible mark on conservative society with her surrealist art and bohemian ways. Just after the Second World War, Deirdre leaves for Europe to be with her lover - leaving behind her estranged daughter and a family secret. Years later, Deirdre's granddaughter Keira is determined to discover the secret and her mother, Maureen, clinging to her own fears of the past and a desire to change her future, fights to stop her. When the three women's lives intersect amidst the emerging women's liberation movement and political tension in 1970s Sydney, what price will be paid for the deceptions of the past?

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C9008104125 F HAN
Adult fiction   Earlville Branch . . Available .  
C9008104133 F HAN
Adult fiction   Smithfield Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781925384840
1925384845
9781925384833
1925384837
Author Hanley, Penelope author.
Title After she left / Penelope Hanley.
Published Edgecliff, NSW : Impact Press, 2019.
Physical description 340 pages ; 24 cm.
General note "Three women. Three generations. One city." -- Cover.
Summary When Irish artist Deirdre Wild emigrates from the remote Blasket Islands to Sydney's The Rocks in the 1930s, she makes an indelible mark on conservative society with her surrealist art and bohemian ways. Just after the Second World War, Deirdre leaves for Europe to be with her lover - leaving behind her estranged daughter and a family secret. Years later, Deirdre's granddaughter Keira is determined to discover the secret and her mother, Maureen, clinging to her own fears of the past and a desire to change her future, fights to stop her. When the three women's lives intersect amidst the emerging women's liberation movement and political tension in 1970s Sydney, what price will be paid for the deceptions of the past?
Subject Irish -- Australia -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Feminism -- Australia -- Fiction
Australian fiction
Historical fiction
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Fiction
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