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082			_aEF CARE
100			_aCarey, Peter _9124561
245		0	_aHis illegal self / _cPeter Carey
260			_aLondon : _bFaber and Faber ; _c2008.
300			_a271 pages : _c24 cm.
500			_aHis Illegal Self is a compelling novel set in the 1970s, following the story of Che Selkirk, a precocious seven-year-old boy who has been raised in wealthy isolation by his grandmother in New York. His parents are radical political activists—his father is dead, and his mother is in hiding. When a mysterious woman named Dial appears and takes Che on what is supposed to be a brief meeting with his mother, everything changes. Suddenly Che is on the run, traveling across America and eventually ending up in a remote hippie commune in the Queensland rainforest of Australia. As he begins to adapt to this strange and raw environment, he faces questions about identity, truth, and belonging. The novel is a gripping exploration of childhood innocence, political ideology, and motherhood, told with emotional depth and poetic language. It reveals how love and loyalty can survive even in the most challenging and uncertain circumstances.
650			_2Political activists — Fiction _vMothers and sons — Fiction _xIdentity (Psychology) — Fiction _xAustralia — Fiction _9193192
700			_aCarey, Peter _eAuthor _9124561
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