The Widow And Her Hero by Tom Keneally - ISBN: 9781864711028
Paperback
In 1943, when Grace and Leo married in Australia, they were part of a generation ready to sacrifice themselves to win the war, while being confident they would survive. Sixty years on as Grace recounts what happened to her doomed hero, new evidence comes to light of the ultimate betrayal. Australian author.

The Widow And Her Hero

  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2008

Summary

To be a hero’s wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt.To be a hero’s wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt.I knew in general terms I was marrying a hero. The burden lay lightly on Leo, and to be a hero’s wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt… The Japanese had barely been turned away. It was heresy and unlucky to undermine young men at such a supreme hour.When Grace married th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781864711028
ISBN-10:1864711027
Author:Tom Keneally
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:1 March 2008
Weight:244g
Dimensions:200mm x 132mm x 21mm
About The Author

Tom Keneally

Tom Keneally won the Booker Prize in 1982 with Schindler’s Ark, later made into the Steven Spielberg Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List. His non-fiction includes the memoir Searching for Schindler and Three Famines, an LA Times Book of the Year, and the histories The Commonwealth of Thieves, The Great Shame and American Scoundrel. His fiction includes Shame and the Captives, The Daughters of Mars, The Widow and Her Hero, An Angel in Australia and Bettany’s Book. His novels The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, while Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers for the Paraclete won the Miles Franklin Award. In 2022, his novel Corporal Hitler’s Pistol was awarded the ARA Historical Novel Prize.

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