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'When her father died in 1983, Germaine Greer realized how little she knew about him. What had happened during World War II to make this charming but distant man draw a “curtain of silence” around himself? Why had he never spoken of his family? Why had he never shown her the love she craved? In this deeply moving book, Greer tells of the impassioned search she made for the truth about her father—a search that led her to a new understanding of herself as well.
 
'Her quest lasted three years and took her from England to Australia to Tasmania, India, and Malta; through scores of genealogical, civil, and military archives; and into the memories of the men and women who may—or may not—have known Reg Greer.
 
'Yet the heart of Greer’s narrative is her own emotional journey, as the startling facts behind the façade her father had constructed force her painfully to examine her own notions of truth and loyalty, family and obligation.'

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hamish Hamilton ,       1989 .
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      Extent: 311p.
      ISBN: 0241125383
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Knopf ,       1990 .
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      Extent: 311p.
      Note/s:
      • Published February 3, 1990
      ISBN: 9780394583136
Alternative title: Daddy : Die Geschichte Eines Fremden
Language: German
    • Düsseldorf,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Classen Verlag ,       1989 .
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      Extent: 394p.
      ISBN: 9783546434058
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y separately published work icon Bureau of Missing Persons : Writing the Secret Lives of Fathers Roger J. Porter , Ithaca : Cornell University Press , 2011 Z1878464 2011 multi chapter work criticism Includes a section '"Love Is No Detective": Germaine Greer's Guilty Hunt'.
Two Hands Round Nothing Peter Craven , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 200 1998; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
y separately published work icon Greer : Untamed Shrew Christine Wallace , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1997 Z1226190 1997 single work biography
Second Thoughts Peter Craven , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 October 1997; (p. 13)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
They Did it Their Way Frank Devine , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 January 1996; (p. 10)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
A Sensitive and Honest Reflection Peter Charlton , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 April 1989; (p. 7)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
Daddy's Girl: Germaine Greer Goes in Search of Her Roots Terri Cowley , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 8 April. 1989; (p. 17 and 19)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
Demolishing the Myths of Daddy Kerryn Goldsworthy , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 April 1989; (p. 12)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
Desperately Seeking Daddy Jill Kitson , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: 24 Hours , September 1989; (p. 33)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
Father Image Sharon Thesen , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Books in Canada , August-September 1989; (p. 33)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
y separately published work icon Greer : Untamed Shrew Christine Wallace , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1997 Z1226190 1997 single work biography
y separately published work icon Bureau of Missing Persons : Writing the Secret Lives of Fathers Roger J. Porter , Ithaca : Cornell University Press , 2011 Z1878464 2011 multi chapter work criticism Includes a section '"Love Is No Detective": Germaine Greer's Guilty Hunt'.
Germaine Greer's Dirty Diggings Eden Liddelow , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 6 no. 1 1990; (p. 179-185)
The Importance of Being Greer John MacGregor (interviewer), 1989 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 110 1989; (p. 16-20)
Charades and Censors Fay Zwicky , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Spring no. 40 1989; (p. 20-26)
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Subjects:
  • Urban,
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    India,
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    South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Tasmania,
  • Adelaide, South Australia,
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    South Africa,
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    Southern Africa, Africa,
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    Italy,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    England,
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    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Australia,
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  • 1900-1999
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