The Newspaper of Claremont Street (King Penguin) - Softcover
The old cleaning woman, known as "weekly" or "the newspaper" dreams of escape from the parasitic demands of both her past and her present - something which is unknown to the residents of Claremont Street
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Elizabeth Jolley is the author of twenty-three books, including Miss Peabody's Inheritance, The Sugar Mother, and The Well. Celebrated as one of Australia’s major writers, she also an Order of Australia for services to Australian literature and was awarded honorary doctorates from four universities.
The memorable heroine of this novel is a walking "newspaper," who tells the people whose houses she cleans about all the events in the neighborhood. A "sad, sometimes wildly funny, altogether wonderful story," cheered PW. (Dec .
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0140085823
- ISBN 13 9780140085822
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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