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Set in Brisbane during the stultifying 1950s, and moving to grubby London in the 1970s,
Feather Man is about Sooky who, ignored and misunderstood by her parents, is encouraged to make herself scarce and visit Lionel, their elderly next door neighbour. After initially befriending Sooky, Lionel moves towards violation.
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Resonant in its selection of details, and moving in its depiction of the vulnerability of childhood spent in a less than functional setting, the emotion of this book lived with me from the confronting opening to the fairytale ending. Some very satisfying descriptions of people and events underpinned my feeling that here is an author to pursue in the future. Loraine L.
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