Written in English
Miles Franklin 2006 · Shortlist
The Wing of Night
The Wing of Night
Brenda Walker · 48 when first published
Novel · 288 pages · War, Historical
AI-generated summary:In 1915 two women in Western Australia, one from careless wealth and one from poverty, see their men sail from Fremantle with the Light Horse for the war, and the fighting at Gallipoli.