Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780795338144; 9780449905616
Subjects: Families; Family; Fathers and daughters; Feminists; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Military; Disabled veterans; Biography
Description: Influential feminist writer and intellectual Germaine Greer tracks the life of her father, an Australian intelligence officer during World War II, who died in her childhood. A secretive man, Reg Greer took pains to hide his working-class roots. As she painstakingly assembles the jigsaw pieces of his life, Germaine discovers surprising secrets about her father, her family, and herself. Obsessed with family history, Greer is chasing not just her father's life story, but the parental love she always felt deprived of. Brimming with emotion, loss, regret, fury, and the intense depth of love, this book offers a moving climax--as well as sharp observations about Australian culture during the war.
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