The Boy Adeodatus - The Portrait of a Lucky Young Bastard

Author(s): Bernard Smith

Biography | Australia

This is the story of an illegitimate son and the mother who decided to keep him. It is the story, too, of a foster mother who loved children and of her extended family. This extraordinary autobiography recreates the atmosphere of a Sydney suburb around World War I, and subtly explores the changing times.


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General Fields

  • : 9780195531824
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : 0.35
  • : 01 August 1990
  • : {"length"=>["20"], "width"=>["13"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Bernard Smith
  • : Paperback
  • : very good
  • : 302