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Gee, Maurice. 1931-

Meg / Maurice Gee. - London : Auckland : Faber ; Penguin, 1981. - 251 pages ; 21 cm - Plumb trilogy ; 2 . - Sequel to Plumb. . - Plumb trilogy ; 2. .

Novel set in New Zealand.

"Meg, youngest daughter of George Plumb ... struggles from his shadow to lead her own. Round her a younger generation grows up - Esther, married to a millionaire tycoon; Alfred, banished homosexual, into whose world Meg makes nervous forays; and the youngest, Robert, a recluse whose goodness Meg recognizes but cannot understand. For over fifty years, through two wars, the Depression and the post-war boom, she fights for self-knowledge against a backdrop of a detention camp, courtrooms, parties and family gatherings, a war-surplus scandal, a financial collapse, fringe religion, love in marriage and out of it, and death bost peaceful and violent. And, always, dominant in the shadows, is the figure of George Plumb."--Jacket.

New Zealand Book Awards, 1982: Fiction.

ISBN: 0140061002 9780140061000 057111783X 9780571117833

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8125302 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--Fiction.
Clergy--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction
New Zealand fiction--20th century.

LC Class. No.: PR9639.3.G4 / M4 1981x

Dewey Class. No.: 823.2