 The novel enjoyed further critical acclaim when, in 1981, it won the Christina Stead Fiction Award at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.Renamed "The Only Daughter" for publication in the United States, the novel details Sylvia Foley's return to Australia after having lived in England for twenty years.Having come to the conclusion that worldly possessions and marriage are the main stumbling blocks to achieving freedom, Sylvia returns to find each of her Australian relatives bound by both constraints, making them "impersonators."