Wanting
By: Richard Flanagan
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780802144775
Subjects: Fiction; Aboriginal Australians; Interracial adoption; Discovery and exploration; British; British Discovery and exploration
Description: In 1841, Sir John Franklin and his wife moved to the remote penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania. There, Lady Jane fell in love with a lively aboriginal girl whom she adopted and attempted to civilize. Years later, St. John disappeared with his crew and two ships in the Arctic. Flanagan has woven a moving tale of colonialism, ambition, and the longings that make us human.