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''A jewel of a novel about a perfect family falling apart''
DAVID NICHOLLS

''The Children''s Bach is Garner''s masterpiece''
PUBLIC BOOKS

''A perfect novel. I was so stunned that I wanted to run around the block''
RUMAAN ALAM

Athena and Dexter Fox are happy. They love each other. They are friends.

They live with their young sons in a sparsely furnished house near the Merri Creek: its walls cracking, its floors sloping and its doors hanging loosely in their frames. There is a piano in their kitchen.

But then, one day - years after their lives have taken different directions - Dexter runs into Elizabeth, an old friend from his university days. She brings into his world her loose-living musician boyfriend, Philip, and her seventeen-year-old sister, Vicki.

And all at once, the bonds that hold the Fox family together begin to fray.

Helen Garner''s perfectly formed novels embody Melbourne''s tum

The Childrens Bach

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      Publisher Orion Publishing Co
      Published 1/14/2024
      ISBN-13 9781399606820
      978-1399606820
      ISBN-10 1399606824
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A jewel of a novel about a perfect family falling apart''
      DAVID NICHOLLS

      ''The Children''s Bach is Garner''s masterpiece''
      PUBLIC BOOKS

      ''A perfect novel. I was so stunned that I wanted to run around the block''
      RUMAAN ALAM

      Athena and Dexter Fox are happy. They love each other. They are friends.

      They live with their young sons in a sparsely furnished house near the Merri Creek: its walls cracking, its floors sloping and its doors hanging loosely in their frames. There is a piano in their kitchen.

      But then, one day - years after their lives have taken different directions - Dexter runs into Elizabeth, an old friend from his university days. She brings into his world her loose-living musician boyfriend, Philip, and her seventeen-year-old sister, Vicki.

      And all at once, the bonds that hold the Fox family together begin to fray.

      Helen Garner''s perfectly formed novels embody Melbourne''s tum

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