Treading air

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Label

Treading air

Statement of responsibility

Ariella Van Luyn

Creator

• trueVan Luyn, Ariella

Author

• trueVan Luyn, Ariella

Subject

• trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
• Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueAustralian
• trueAustralian fiction
• Brisbane (Qld.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Conformity -- Fiction
• trueHusband and wife
• trueProstitutes
• Queensland -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Townsville (Qld.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueVeterans
• Women -- Queensland -- Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• true1920s -- 1920 -- 1929
• true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949

Genre

• trueAustralian fiction
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In 1920s Brisbane, Lizzie O'Dea wants to get away from her dad and the memories of her mum that haunt her. At the races, she meets attractive, war-scarred Joe. When he says that he wants to marry her and take her away to far-flung Townsville, Lizzie sees her chance to escape. But Lizzie soon falls through what she'd thought was a safety net. On the fringes of society, she discovers a new sense of independence and sexuality, love and friendship. It's a precarious life, though. Always on the edge of collapse, eventually it spins out of control. Two decades later, Lizzie is sick and worn out. Lying in a Brisbane lock hospital, she thinks about Joe, who's been lost to her for twenty years. But she's a survivor. There's hope yet. Treading Air is the remarkably vivid tale of a young Australian working-class rebel who clashed with the expectations of her world, and a powerful debut from award-winning Queensland author Ariella Van Luyn

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed

Character

• trueWell-developed

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult