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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- When Paddy dies, his three grandchildren gather at the dilapidated house where they grew up down the south coast, to sort things out and make decisions. Helen, the oldest, won't sell it, if she gets her way. Sylvie and Brendan don't have the same attachment. Everyone has problems, but they aren't really so close that they share them. When they discover a cache of letters that their late, implacable grandmother Iris has hidden, they are staggered to learn that their mother – who they were told died of an overdose when they were little – is still alive.
Switching from character to character and back and forth in time, this is a finely controlled and absorbing novel of family dynamics and secrets, and the fallout from past decisions. Lindy
This vivid, engrossing, beautifully crafted family drama from an exciting debut author charts the hurtful messes, complicated relationships and profound loves of three siblings.
Praise:
'Knife sharp perception ... fiction that is an absolute pleasure to read,' Emily Maguire
Photograph: Kate Williams Cassie Stroud is a writer, editor and bookseller. She lives in a 1950s house on Sydney's north shore with her husband, son and their Siamese cat. Iluka is her first novel.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- When Paddy dies, his three grandchildren gather at the dilapidated house where they grew up down the south coast, to sort things out and make decisions. Helen, the oldest, won't sell it, if she gets her way. Sylvie and Brendan don't have the same attachment. Everyone has problems, but they aren't really so close that they share them. When they discover a cache of letters that their late, implacable grandmother Iris has hidden, they are staggered to learn that their mother – who they were told died of an overdose when they were little – is still alive.
Switching from character to character and back and forth in time, this is a finely controlled and absorbing novel of family dynamics and secrets, and the fallout from past decisions. Lindy
