{"product_id":"9781741666632","title":"Sorry","description":"Author: Jones, Gail\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781741666632\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jun 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a story that can only be told in a whisper ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a story that can only be told in a whisper ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the remote outback of Western Australia during the Second World War, English anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife, Stella, raise a lonely child, Perdita. Her upbringing is far from ordinary: in a shack in the wilderness, with a distant father burying himself in books and an unstable mother whose knowledge of Shakespeare forms the backbone of the girl's limited education. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmotionally adrift, Perdita becomes friends with a deaf and mute boy, Billy, and an Aboriginal girl, Mary. Perdita and Mary come to call one another sister and to share a very special bond. They are content with life in this remote corner of the globe, until a terrible event lays waste to their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough this exquisite story of Perdita's troubled childhood, Gail Jones explores the values of friendship, loyalty and sacrifice with a brilliance that has already earned her numerous accolades for her previous novels, \u003ci\u003eDreams of Speaking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSixty Lights\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165319868574,"sku":"UBD-9781741666632","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781741666632.jpg?v=1787134212","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781741666632","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}