• State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

Publisher of Nominated Edition
Penguin Books Australia
ISBN 0670040509

What happens when one partner in a relationship wants to have a child and the other doesn't? Lindsay Eynon, a philosophy lecturer, isn't ready to start a family yet; he has other plans. But Kirsten's biological clock is ticking and she sees the world differently. As their arguments intensify, so does the probability of the unexpected . . .

The Philosopher's Doll is a highly unusual, constantly surprising novel about the perennial conflict between the head and the heart. Thought-provoking and compellingly readable, it reverberates with the dilemmas of contemporary life. In a culture of affluence, what do we need in order to be happy? And just how much control do we really have over our lives?

Amanda Lohrey is an award-winning writer whose previous novel Camille's Bread was highly acclaimed winning the ASAL Gold Medal for 1996, the Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction 1996 and was shortlisted for both the Miles Franklin Award and Commonwealth Writers' Award. Other novels include The Morality of Gentlemen and The Reading Group. She now lives in Brisbane, Australia where she teaches creative writing at the University of Queensland.