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The Widow and her Hero

By: Thomas Keneally
Narrated by: Beverley Dunn, David Tredinnick
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Summary

In 1943, when Grace and Leo Waterhouse married in Australia, they were part of a young generation ready to sacrifice themselves to win the war, while being confident they would survive.

Sixty years on, as Grace recounts what happened to her doomed hero, she can say what she suspected then: that for many men, bravery is its own end. The tale she tells is one of great love, lost innocence, a charismatic but unstable Irish commander, dashing undercover missions against the Japanese in Singapore, and - in her eyes - reckless, foolhardy exploits. As fresh details continue to emerge, Grace is forced to keep revising her picture of what happened to Leo and his fellow commandoes - until she learns about the final piece in the jigsaw, and an ultimate betrayal.

As absorbing as it is thought-provoking, this timely novel poses unsettling questions about what drives men to battle and heroic deeds, and movingly conveys the life-long effect on those who survive them.
©2007 Serpentine Publishing Co. (Pty) Ltd (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military War Singapore
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"Touching and gripping until the very last page" (John Harding, Daily Mail)
"Exceptionally good... the work of a master storyteller" (Allan Massie, Scotsman)

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poor quality of the reader

What disappointed you about The Widow and her Hero?

most boring voice and a very poor storey

What was most disappointing about Thomas Keneally’s story?

very slow storeyboring voice

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I probilly will not buy any moor of this authers books

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