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A loving, faithful animal

by Josephine Rowe

Missing personsVeterans' familiesFictionFiction, family lifeFiction, coming of ageVeterans, fictionAustralia, fictionNew York Times reviewed

On New Year's Eve 1990, in southern Australia, a troubled Vietnam veteran named Jack has disappeared. Jack's wife Evelyn and children Ru, Lani, and Les cope with the bonds and limits of family as rumors spread of a huge black cat stalking the landscape outside their door.

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Book data: Open Library