A Breed of Women by Fiona Kidman

Fiona Kidman follows Harriet Wallace from a rural New Zealand upbringing into the complicated territory of adulthood, relationships and creative ambition. The novel explores the pressures placed on women and the struggle to define an independent life. This is the 1988 Penguin paperback edition of Kidman’s first novel.

  • Author: Fiona Kidman
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Year: 1988
  • Edition / printing: First Penguin edition, 1988; first published by Harper and Row in 1979
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 345
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140106197
  • ISBN-13: 9780140106190

Condition: Paperback with rubbed cover edges and spine ends, creasing at the lower front corner, minor corner wear and age-toned paper.

Book details

Title
A Breed of Women
Authors
Fiona Kidman
Publisher
Penguin Books
Published
1988
Language
English
Binding
Paperback
Edition
First Penguin edition, 1988; first published by Harper and Row in 1979
Subjects
FICTION, NZ BOOKS, NZ FICTION, LITERARY FICTION, WOMEN, VINTAGE BOOKS
Page count
345
ISBN-13
9780140106190

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