- Title:
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A Great Hope
- Written by:
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Jessica Stanley
- Read by:
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Jessica Clarke
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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12 hours 44 minutes
- Published:
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February 22 2022
- Available Date:
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February 22 2022
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867597926
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; General Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan Australia
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Australian author
Debut novel
Shortlisted MUD Literary Prize 2023
Gripping, propulsive and ambitious, A Great Hope untangles the mystery of John Clare's fall through the eyes of those who knew him best – or thought they did, from a brilliant and forceful new Australian author.
John Clare was a titan in Australian politics. The head of a powerful union and a key player in the election of Kevin Rudd as prime minister in 2007, he had long been tipped as a future leader himself. Supporting him in his push for power were his elegant wife Grace, his troubled children Sophie and Toby, and Tessa, the mistress he thought would stay secret. But now John has fallen, brutally, to his death. A terrible accident – or was it?
In the wake of losing John, his inner circle mourn and rage, remembering and trying to forget the many ways he'd loved and disappointed them. An adoring and unreliable father, a grateful and selfish husband, a besotted and absent lover, an authoritative and compassionate leader, a failed politician in an era when party politics failed a nation. As those around him reassess everything they knew of and felt for John, a new idea of what love and power really mean begins to emerge – as does the true cause of his death.