The story of Danny Dunn / Bryce Courtenay.

By: Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012Contributor(s): Brissenden collectionMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Camberwell, Vic. : Viking, 2009Description: 610 p. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780670073344 (hbk.)Subject(s): World War (1939-1945) | World War (1939-1945) | Australian -- Fiction | 1939 - 1945 | Families -- Australia -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Families | Veterans | Prisoners of war -- Southeast Asia -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Veterans -- Fiction | Australian fiction | World War 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Australia -- Fiction | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Fiction | Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Australia -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Fiction | Bars (Drinking establishments) | Australian fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans | Bars (Drinking establishments) | Veterans -- Fiction | Australian author -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction | Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Australia -- Fiction | Australia | Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Australia -- Social life and customs -- FictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction | Australian fiction | Australian fiction. | Fiction. | Family saga | Australian fiction DDC classification: A823.4 LOC classification: PR9619.3.C688 | S76 2009Online resources: Click here to search for similar authors using Fiction Connection
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In the aftermath of the Great Depression few opportunities existed for working-class boys, but at just eighteen Danny Dunn has everything going for him: brains, looks, sporting ability -- and an easy charm. His parents run The Hero, a neighbourhood pub, and Danny is a local hero. Luck changes for Danny when he signs up to go to war. He returns home a physically broken man, to a life that will be changed forever.
Summary: Luck changes for Danny when he signs up to go to war. He returns home a physically broken man. With Helen, his wife, a woman of strength, character and intelligence, he sets about rebuilding his life. It is a life tormented by personal demons, shaped by compassion, corruption, love and power - and the gift of twin daughters, Sam and Gabby.
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In the aftermath of the Great Depression few opportunities existed for working-class boys, but at just eighteen Danny Dunn has everything going for him: brains, looks, sporting ability -- and an easy charm. His parents run The Hero, a neighbourhood pub, and Danny is a local hero. Luck changes for Danny when he signs up to go to war. He returns home a physically broken man, to a life that will be changed forever.

Luck changes for Danny when he signs up to go to war. He returns home a physically broken man. With Helen, his wife, a woman of strength, character and intelligence, he sets about rebuilding his life. It is a life tormented by personal demons, shaped by compassion, corruption, love and power - and the gift of twin daughters, Sam and Gabby.

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