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'In a world torn asunder, a small corner of Australia is having a chaotic rebirth.
'Eustace Crane II and his Followers of Nathaniel, the begrudging custodians of a ravaged landscape, are harvesting the genetically modified blood of the captive Daughters of Moab - because the Daughters, unlike the Nathans, have an unnatural abundance of good health.
'Assumpta Viali likes her solitude. But her boss, the crotchety Eustace, has other plans for her time and sends her to track an escaped captive, Easter. The hunter and the hunted forge an uneasy alliance, joined by Angus O'Connell, a Nathan with questionable motives. While Assumpta returns to the site of her community, destroyed long ago, Easter realises the perils of her lineage ... and Angus finds hope in the most unlikely of places.
'Driven by loss, and the search for home in an unpredictable new world, each of them must ultimately decide who to trust, and where they belong.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Maire.
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Epigraph: 'I stand in the ring in the dead city and tie on the red shoes...
They are not mine. They are my mother's. Her mother's before.
Handed down like an heirloom but hidden like shameful letters.
The house and the street where they belong are hidden and all the women, too,
are hidden...' (Anne Sexton, The Red Shoes.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Field : Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary : The Independent Magazine About Science Fiction , June no. 81 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel -
[Review] The Daughters of Moab
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 42 2009; (p. 133-134)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel -
[Review] The Daughters of Moab
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 56)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel -
Looking Out on Fictional Worlds
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 December 2008; (p. 13) -
[Review] The Daughters of Moab
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 306 2008; (p. 51)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel
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[Review] The Daughters of Moab
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 40)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel -
Take Three
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 7 September 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel ; Incandescence 2008 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 November 2008; (p. 27)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel -
[Review] The Daughters of Moab
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 306 2008; (p. 51)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel -
[Review] The Daughters of Moab
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 56)
— Review of The Daughters of Moab 2008 single work novel -
Looking Out on Fictional Worlds
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 December 2008; (p. 13)
Awards
- 2009 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
- 2008 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Best Novel
- Western Australia,