The old cleaning woman, known as "weekly" or "the newspaper" dreams of escape from the parasitic demands of both her past and her present - something which is unknown to the residents of Claremont Street
The Newspaper Of Claremont Street
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The memorable heroine of this novel is a walking "newspaper," who tells the people whose houses she cleans about all the events in the neighborhood. A "sad, sometimes wildly funny, altogether wonderful story," cheered PW. (Dec .
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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'Elizabeth Jolley joins the handful of Australian writers ... of whom it may be said that their books are able to alter the direction of one's inner life' WASHINGTON POST 'Her writing is splendid, her characters various, her humour delicious ... one of the best writers of fiction in this country' AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW
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