The Beloved (2012) is a novel by Australian author Annah Faulkner. It won the 2013 Nita Kibble Literary Award.[1]

The Beloved
AuthorAnnah Faulkner
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPicador, Australia
Publication date
2012
Publication placeAustralia
Published in English
1 July 2012
Media typePrint Paperback
Pages313
ISBN9781742611556
Followed byLast Day in the Dynamite Factory 

Book summary

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Roberta (Bertie) Lightfoot moves from post-war Melbourne and Sydney in the 1950s to post-colonial frontier town, Port Moresby. One day she discovers she has polio and the novel follows her long road to recovery and the subsequent discovery of her gifts as a painter.

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"Readings" bookstore called the novel "Tender and witty, The Beloved is a moving debut novel which paints a vivid portrait of both the beauty and the burden of unconditional love."[2]

Mary Anne Elliott, reviewing the novel in The Northern Star stated: "Faulkner's engaging and evocative narrative never falters; it is by turns wise, witty and completely delightful."[3]

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