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| Title | : | Golden Boys |
| Author | : | Sonya Hartnett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | August 27th 2014 by Penguin Australia (first published August 16th 2014) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Contemporary. Cultural. Australia |
Sonya Hartnett
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.74 | 1366 Users | 237 Reviews
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"Sonya Hartnett's third novel for adults is perfectly formed and utterly compelling, an unflinching and disquieting work from one of Australia's finest writers." - BooktopiaColt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian live in a world of shiny, new things – skateboards, slot cars, train sets and even the latest BMX. Their affluent father, Rex, has made sure that they'll be the envy of the new, working-class suburb they've moved to.
But underneath the surface of the perfect family, is there something unsettling about the Jensons? To the local kids, Rex becomes a kind of hero, but Colt senses there's something in his father that could destroy their fragile new lives.
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| Original Title: | Golden Boys |
| ISBN: | 1926428617 (ISBN13: 9781926428611) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nominee for Fiction (2015), Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Fiction (2015), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2015), The Stella Prize Nominee for Longlist (2015) |
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Ratings: 3.74 From 1366 Users | 237 ReviewsRate Regarding Books Golden Boys
Sonya Hartnett writes books for children and about children for adults. She has a wonderful insight into the feelings, thoughts and behaviour of young children and those on the cusp of adulthood. Perhaps this is because she grew up in a fairly impoverished family of six, not unlike the Kiley family of this novel. However, there is no indication from her profile (www.sonyahartnett.com.au) that she suffered any physical and psychological abuse such as that inflicted on the Kiley children by theirFreya Kiley was twelve years old she was the eldest of her siblings of which there were five. They all lived in a little cottage with their mother Elizabeth and father Joe, very poor, surviving one week to the next on the minimal of necessities. So when Freya met the new family in their area, the Jensons, after church one Sunday father Rex and sons Bastian and Colt, she knew there was something different about them. Declan and Syd, Freyas younger brothers, were old enough to spend time away
My View:Evil lurks under the surface.A book that slowly draws you into its grasp into a time of childhood innocence, of BMX bikes and playing in the local storm water drain, of BBQs with the neighbours a time when kids could be adventurers and start to develop their own identity and work out their place in the world. However all is not quite what it seems, the story told through the eyes of the children in the two families that are spotlighted in this narrative are wise for their age but have
I had looked forward to this for some time. I listened to the audio version, very well read by the narrator, David Vatousios. I came across it during my library studies and wrote a blurb having not read it. I quite like time frames that are assumed, but not mentioned specifically. This one would be in the 1980's, in the suburbs of Australia. Bikes, skateboards, and swimming in the summer should be a glorious time. A new family moves into the area, with shiny toys and the best of everything. The
There are some books I know, if I don't attempt to review them straightaway, I won't end up reviewing them at all. It's because the impact is so powerful, the language so beautiful, I grow afraid I won't do them justice. Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett is one of those books.I picked up this novel not knowing what audience it was written for - the only other book by Hartnett I've read is a children's picture book. But this novel is no more suitable for children than Lord of the Flies. (Though I did
Golden Boys is a look at two neighbouring families, the Jensens and Kileys through the eyes of their children. The Kileys is a large family of six children, not financially well off and cramped into a small suburban home - which 13-year-old Freya Kiley is starting to resent. She feels their confined space and the babies her mother continues to have is the cause of her fathers furious rampages. The atmosphere is tense and bleak, and the Kiley children find refuge roaming the streets. But when the
There is, I think, a moment in a child's life when they realize their parents aren't perfect, that they're just people - maybe not even good people - and make mistakes too. Some children realize this much earlier. Perhaps they have to watch as their father mistreats their mother or other signs of horrible behavior they should never have to witness.Golden Boys was an interesting look at expectations of people and how families look from the outside compared to what they're actually like. There are
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