Title: A loving, faithful animal
Description: On New Year's Eve 1990, in southern Australia, a troubled Vietnam veteran named Jack has disappeared. Jack's wife Evelyn and children Ru, Lani, and Les cope with the bonds and limits of family as rumors spread of a huge black cat stalking the landscape outside their door.
Subjects: Missing persons, Veterans' families, Fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, coming of age, Veterans, fiction, Australia, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Veterans' families -- Fiction, Missing persons -- Fiction, Australia -- Fiction
Places: Australia