this book is really quite something. a unique take on the girl-growing-up-with-dysfunctional-family-and-environment, the story takes place in western australia in the 1930's and 40's.perdita is a lonely child growing up with parents who are indifferent to her existence. she makes her own family of billy, the mute-deaf son of a neighbour, and mary, a "half-caste" aboriginal taken out of a convent to care for perdita when her mother enters an asylum. when perdita's father is murdered, mary confesses and is sent away, and perdita is left alone and with a terrible stutter that renders her almost speechless.
told with tremendous skill and beautiful language, 'sorry' is a book that will stay with me for a while.
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