Jack Cornock's illness, and his obstinate silence, provoke speculation about his will among the families of his two marriages. When his daughter Sylvia returns to Australia after twenty years, she is inevitably caught up in the twisted skeins of their allegiances and estrangements. Sensitively crafted, The Impersonators is a modern novel portraying with humour and perception the fracturing of family relationships and the endurance of life in an increasingly materialistic age.
Jack Cornock's illness, and his obstinate silence, provoke speculation about his will among the families of his two marriages. When his daughter Sylvia returns to Australia after twenty years, she is inevitably caught up in the twisted skeins of their allegiances and estrangements. Sensitively crafted, The Impersonators is a modern novel portraying with humour and perception the fracturing of family relationships and the endurance of life in an increasingly materialistic age.