The Beloved (novel)

The Beloved

Author	Annah Faulkner
Language	English
Publisher	Picador, Australia
Publication date	2012
Publication place	Australia
Published in English	1 July 2012
Media type	Print Paperback
Pages	313
ISBN	9781742611556
Followed by	Last Day in the Dynamite Factory

The Beloved (2012) is a novel by Australian author Annah Faulkner. It won the 2013 Nita Kibble Literary Award.^[1]

Roberta (Bertie) Lightfoot moves from post-war Melbourne and Sydney in the 1950s to post-colonial frontier town, Port Moresby. One day she discovers she has polio and the novel follows her long road to recovery and the subsequent discovery of her gifts as a painter.

"Readings" bookstore called the novel "Tender and witty, The Beloved is a moving debut novel which paints a vivid portrait of both the beauty and the burden of unconditional love."^[2]

Mary Anne Elliott, reviewing the novel in The Northern Star stated: "Faulkner's engaging and evocative narrative never falters; it is by turns wise, witty and completely delightful."^[3]

• 2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Manuscript of an Emerging Queensland Author
• 2013 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award
• 2013 winner Kibble Literary Awards — Nita Kibble Literary Award^[4]

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