Peggy Frew

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• Islands

  Written in English

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  Miles Franklin 2020 · Shortlist

  Islands

  Islands

  Peggy Frew · 43 when first published

  Novel · 320 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Wrapped up in the slow collapse of their marriage, Helen and John fail to see how their daughters are suffering, until fifteen-year-old Anna goes out one night and does not come home.

• Hope Farm

  Written in English

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  Miles Franklin 2016 · Shortlist

  Hope Farm

  Hope Farm

  Peggy Frew · 39 when first published

  Novel · 352 pages · Coming of age, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:In the winter of 1985, thirteen-year-old Silver moves with her mother Ishtar and Ishtar's charismatic new lover Miller to a run-down hippie commune in rural Australia.