Shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferiss Award. Too Close To Home takes us right inside who we really are.
Shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferiss Award. Too Close To Home takes us right inside who we really are.
How tenuous the links are that build a life.
Freya writes uncomfortable domestic dramas. Her friends work in theatre and film, show in galleries, talk politics and are trying new ways of having children with friends. These are the people who are slowly gentrifying the next ring of inner-city suburbs while praising their diversity.
As the stultifying heat of summer descends, Shane, an Aboriginal man, moves up the road. He was once close to Matt, Freya's partner, and he not only brings with him a different approach to life, he also has news of a boy who might be Matt's son. Despite wanting to embrace all that Shane represents and the possibility of another child in their life, Freya and Matt stumble, failing each other and their beliefs.
By:
Georgia Blain Imprint: Vintage Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 233mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 394g ISBN:9781864711776 ISBN 10: 1864711779 Publication Date:02 May 2011 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Georgia Blain is the author of Closed for Winter, Candelo, The Blind Eye, Names for Nothingness, the young adult novel Darkwater, and Births, Deaths, Marriages.