Else

Rose Michael

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SPINELESS WONDERS
01 December 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

Leisl and her daughter Else have their own language

exchanging facts 'like a frontier trade'. As the country is reclaimed by rains they escape the city, returning to their family home on a distant peninsula. Seasons become extreme. Else adapts, thriving in the wet and warming world. In Else, Leisl sees herself

her father, his mother

as the past becomes present, and present: past. But flash floods are followed by more weather events, and the pair are forced further and further down the 'Ninch'.

A novel about belonging, Else imagines a possible future in the story of one family and lyrical, evocative prose.

'A singular work deeply concerned with relationships, those we have with ourselves, our environment and our pasts.'

Romy Ash

'Meticulously crafted and extremely inventive ... timely and prescient.'

James Bradley

'A testament to beloved Eastern Kulin Country, a generational saga of settlement, and an embrace of the myriad forms taken by knowledge.'

Bonny Cassidy

By: Rose Michael
Imprint: SPINELESS WONDERS
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9780987535535
ISBN 10: 0987535536
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 01 December 2025
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Rose Michael's first novel, The Asking Game (Transit Lounge), was a runner-up for the Vogel and received an Aurealis honourable mention. Her second novel, The Art of Navigation (UWA), was shortlisted for a Conjure award and published in Review of Australian Fiction.