The Golden Age Joan London Flashcards
1
Q
Black cockatoos
A
“homely, comforting”
2
Q
Ida’s personality
A
“bitter little mouth that usually gripped a cigarette”
“frowning”
“A bird who refused to sing”
3
Q
Passage at the end of Sullivan’s novel
A
“in the end, we are all orphans”
4
Q
Sullivan’s personality
A
“good humored nature”
5
Q
Elsa’s personality
A
“Golden wave” - her hair
“profile, outlined in light” - Elsa gave hope to the children in TGA
“was part of her” - polio
6
Q
Frank’s feelings when Sullivan died
A
“barely breathing, as if he had died too”
7
Q
Migration quote
A
“Ida wanted to get straight onto the ship”
8
Q
Australia quotes
A
“The Australian pub was no place for a lone, new Australian”
9
Q
Survival quotes
A
“She limped, like a bird with its wing broken”
“her life was lone and perilous, a tiny ship in a great ocean”
