The Australia Stories (Hardcover)

July 20, 2009 by  
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The Australia Stories

From Publishers Weekly
Pierce uses a family’s intriguing history to produce a thoughtful, evocative portrait of Australia in this compelling first novel consisting of a collection of semi-autobiographical interlocking short stories. The narrator is a young American named Sam Browne, who returns to Australia, his mother’s homeland, where he spent a year of his youth. His mysterious grandmother died alone in the Blue Mountains; years later, Sam’s mother is to repeat her own mother’s h (more…)