Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
Cover of the UK first edition
AuthorGermaine Greer
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsBiography
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Publication date
1989
Media typePrint
Pages311

Daddy, We Hardly Knew You is a 1989 book by feminist academic Germaine Greer.[1][2][3] The book is a study of her father who was an Australian intelligence officer during World War II.[4] According to Penguin Random House, the book took three years to write and her objective was to discover information about her father, who she claimed had been distant from her during his life.[5]

Reception

Peter Craven, writing for the Australian Book Review "found it difficult to stop reading".[6] In her review of the book for the LA Times, Nancy Mairs wrote "there are plenty of terrific passages... Too often, however, the insights are facile".[1] Publishers Weekly considered its "deeply affecting climax is a remarkable feat of family reconstruction".[4] Hope Hewitt described it as "an absorbing read, and a many-levelled piece of social history" in the Canberra Times.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Mairs, Nancy (April 8, 1990). "Germaine Greer as Dogged Daughter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Conway, Jill (June 1990). "From Daddy to Durga". The Women's Review of Books. 7 (9): 11. JSTOR 4020762.
  3. ^ Duffy, Martha (February 5, 1990). "Books: Gotcha! Daddy, We Hardly Knew You by Germaine Greer". Time. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Nonfiction Book Review: Daddy, We Hardly Knew You by Germaine Greer, Author Alfred A. Knopf $19.95 (311p) ISBN 978-0-394-58313-6". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  5. ^ "Daddy, We Hardly Knew You by Germaine Greer: 9780449905616 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  6. ^ Craven, Peter (1989-06-01). "Peter Craven reviews 'Daddy We Hardly Knew You' by Germaine Greer". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  7. ^ Hewitt, Hope (22 April 1989). "Picking away at her father's flimsy cover". Canberra Times. p. B4. Retrieved 16 March 2022 – via Trove.


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