Wearing Paper Dresses — Anne Brinsden

Title: Wearing Paper Dresses — Anne Brinsden

Author: Anne Brinsden

Publisher: Macmillan / Pan Macmillan Australia

Format: Paperback

Edition: First edition, 2019

ISBN: 9781760784850

Condition: Second-hand. Light shelf wear to cover, corners and edges. Minor marks to page edges/covers visible in photos. Overall a clean reading copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Wearing Paper Dresses is Anne Brinsden’s debut novel, set on the sunburnt farmland of northern Victoria’s Mallee. Elise, a woman of 1950s urban glamour, is transplanted into rural life when her husband returns to work the family farm. As drought, loneliness and family pressures build, her daughters Marjorie and Ruby are left to make their own way through a difficult and changing household.

A moving Australian rural novel about family, place, isolation, memory and the pull of country life. It was shortlisted for the 2020 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction.