Women & Children by Tony Birch

Women & Children by Tony BirchA powerful, personal novel about women and justice, from one of this country's most loved and clear eyed storytellers. It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby, spending his days trying to avoid trouble with the nuns at the local Catholic primary school. One evening his Aunty Oona appears on the doorstep, distressed and needing somewhere to stay. As his mum and aunty work out what to do, Joe

Over the next twenty years they struggle and strive

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the siblings' emotions reach boiling point - with potentially dangerous consequences for them all

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