Barbara GloverтАЩs parents metamorphosed when she hit puberty, becoming bovine from the waist down. Fearful of her transformative powers, she tends diligently to them, keeping them like animals on the familyтАЩs remote farm andтАФalong with her brother, Damian, who harbours incestuous longings for herтАФprotecting their terrible secret from the world. First published in 1971, Thomas KeneallyтАЩs A Dutiful Daughter is strange and disturbing, and utterly unlike any other Australian novel.
тАШAuthentically marvellous.тАЩ New York Times
тАШOne of the most startling menages ever.тАЩ Kirkus Review
тАШA very strange tale of a very strange family.тАЩ ABC RN