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4 8 y separately published work icon Tiger Country Penelope Rowe , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1990 Z361848 1990 single work novel Set in Sydney in the 1950s this is the story of Matti, an unloved child. She is subjected to the routine sadism of her father's child-raising techniques, and her mother's bitter submission. However, Matti continues to try and win their love. Years later, an adult Matti has to come to terms with her childhood when her desperately ill father calls her to his deathbed.
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