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    The Golden Age

    Written by Joan London

    Narrated by Daniel Koek

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    Perth, 1954: Thirteen-year-old Frank, a refugee from wartime Hungary, is learning to walk again after contracting polio. At The Golden Age Children's Convalescent Home he meets Elsa and the two patients form a forbidden, passionate bond. The Golden Age becomes the little world that reflects the larger one, where everything occurs: love, desire, music, death and poetry. Subtle, moving and remarkably lovely, The Golden Age evokes a yearning for deep connection, from one of Australia's finest and most-loved novelists.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateOct 27, 2016
    ISBN9781510047969
    Author

    Joan London

    Joan London is the author of two prize-winning collections of stories published in Australia. Gilgamesh (Atlantic Books 2003) her first novel, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award and was chosen as the Age Book of the Year for Ficiton in 2002.

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    • 5/5
      Really beautiful! It's like poetry, even if It doesn't rhyme.