The Mother

Jane Caro ALLEN & UNWIN

Domestic violence is at the core of this drama by Walkley Awardwinning journalist Jane Caro. Recently widowed, Miriam Duffy, a respectable real estate agent, mother and grandmother, finds herself suddenly alienated from her recently married daughter, Ally, after she moves to the countryside with her husband, Nick. But after a short stay to help Ally cope with her toddler and newborn while Nick is away, it dawns on Miriam that Nick is not the kind, loving husband he pretends to be.