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Title: Her
Author: Garry Disher
Narrator: Grace Lowry
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-08-17
Publisher: Hachette Australia Audio
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A dark and unsettling tale, set at the turn of the 20th century, that will stay with you long after you finish listening - from a master of Australian literature.
Out in that country, the sun smeared the sky and nothing ever altered, except that one day a scrap man came by....
Her name is scarcely known or remembered. All in all, she is worth less than the nine shillings and sixpence counted into her father's hand. She bides her time. She does her work. Way back in the corner of her mind is a thought she is almost too frightened to shine a light on: one day she will run away.
Garry Disher grew up on a wheat and wool farm in South Australia. He has an MA in Australian history and has lived, worked and travelled in England, Italy, Israel, the United States and Southern Africa. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first collection of short stories. Garry worked as a writing lecturer between the years 1980 and 1988, before becoming a full-time writer. He has published over 50 books, including short story collections, literary novels, writers' handbooks and award-winning crime thrillers and children's titles.
Members Reviews:
An amazing tale of fortitude over evil!
Three years old she was when the scrap man came and paid her father nine shillings and sixpence. She was chosen over the rest of her siblings; suddenly she belonged to the scrap man while memories of her family faded. Living in a dilapidated jumble of belongings, her name was You; there was Wife and Big Girl â all cowered when the scrap man was angry.
Seasonally the horse was harnessed to the cart and they ventured out to sell, buy, steal and trick â meandering across the countryside, remembering where not to go if theyâd been shunted away last time. Whenever there was a pub nearby the scrap man drank their measly pennies until there wasnât enough for food. Then he would fly into a rage and beat Wife.
Back at home Wife, Big Girl and You spent their time making things from scrap metal for their next trip through the countryside; while the scrap man drank and womanised. What would happen to the little family? Would You be able to escape? Heâd always threatened to kill her if she triedâ
Her by Aussie author Garry Disher is set in the bush near Bendigo in Victoria at the turn of the century and is a tale of utter despair, bitterness and how the nameless young women coped at the hands of one unscrupulous and evil man. This is completely different to anything the author has written before, and in my opinion heâs nailed it. A master at his craft, Garry Disher certainly knows how to weave a tale, and Her will stay with me for a long time. Highly recommended.
a powerful read.
âLove in this family was inconvenient, insupportable and unwelcome. No one knew precisely what love was. All Lily knew was that she loved Hazel. Hazel her sister, a receptacle of love.â
Her is a stand-alone novel by award-winning Australian author, Garry Disher. When she is three, the scrap man buys Her from her father for nine shillings and sixpence. She joins Wife and Big Girl. They have all been bought like slaves and are used like slaves, for labour and, when he judges them old enough, for his sexual gratification.
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Title: Her
Author: Garry Disher
Narrator: Grace Lowry
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-08-17
Publisher: Hachette Australia Audio
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A dark and unsettling tale, set at the turn of the 20th century, that will stay with you long after you finish listening - from a master of Australian literature.
Out in that country, the sun smeared the sky and nothing ever altered, except that one day a scrap man came by....
Her name is scarcely known or remembered. All in all, she is worth less than the nine shillings and sixpence counted into her father's hand. She bides her time. She does her work. Way back in the corner of her mind is a thought she is almost too frightened to shine a light on: one day she will run away.
Garry Disher grew up on a wheat and wool farm in South Australia. He has an MA in Australian history and has lived, worked and travelled in England, Italy, Israel, the United States and Southern Africa. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first collection of short stories. Garry worked as a writing lecturer between the years 1980 and 1988, before becoming a full-time writer. He has published over 50 books, including short story collections, literary novels, writers' handbooks and award-winning crime thrillers and children's titles.
Members Reviews:
An amazing tale of fortitude over evil!
Three years old she was when the scrap man came and paid her father nine shillings and sixpence. She was chosen over the rest of her siblings; suddenly she belonged to the scrap man while memories of her family faded. Living in a dilapidated jumble of belongings, her name was You; there was Wife and Big Girl â all cowered when the scrap man was angry.
Seasonally the horse was harnessed to the cart and they ventured out to sell, buy, steal and trick â meandering across the countryside, remembering where not to go if theyâd been shunted away last time. Whenever there was a pub nearby the scrap man drank their measly pennies until there wasnât enough for food. Then he would fly into a rage and beat Wife.
Back at home Wife, Big Girl and You spent their time making things from scrap metal for their next trip through the countryside; while the scrap man drank and womanised. What would happen to the little family? Would You be able to escape? Heâd always threatened to kill her if she triedâ
Her by Aussie author Garry Disher is set in the bush near Bendigo in Victoria at the turn of the century and is a tale of utter despair, bitterness and how the nameless young women coped at the hands of one unscrupulous and evil man. This is completely different to anything the author has written before, and in my opinion heâs nailed it. A master at his craft, Garry Disher certainly knows how to weave a tale, and Her will stay with me for a long time. Highly recommended.
a powerful read.
âLove in this family was inconvenient, insupportable and unwelcome. No one knew precisely what love was. All Lily knew was that she loved Hazel. Hazel her sister, a receptacle of love.â
Her is a stand-alone novel by award-winning Australian author, Garry Disher. When she is three, the scrap man buys Her from her father for nine shillings and sixpence. She joins Wife and Big Girl. They have all been bought like slaves and are used like slaves, for labour and, when he judges them old enough, for his sexual gratification.