Burning in

Author(s): Mireille Juchau

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This is a novel about mothers and daughters, about the way the hidden past plays itself out in the present, and the conflicts between professional commitment and the responsibilities of family life. The story is told by a young woman, Martine, who translates the emotional distance she senses in her mother, Lotte, a holocaust survivor, into a passion for photography. Martine leaves Sydney to live in New York, in order to further her career, and has a child of her own. One day, her daughter Ruby goes missing in Central Park, while in the care of a nanny. The disappearance of her daughter throws Martine into a paralysis of feeling, brought about by guilt and grief, but it also, eventually, brings her closer to understanding her own relationship with her mother.

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Shortlisted for Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book - SE Asia and South Pacific 2008 and Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australia): Fiction 2008.

General Fields

  • : 9781920882273
  • : Giramondo Publishing Co
  • : Giramondo Publishing Co
  • : August 2007
  • : 210mm X 150mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Mireille Juchau
  • : Paperback
  • : A823
  • : 312
  • : Modern fiction