Tag Archives: Australian fiction
Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson
“On one of the little leggy tables stands a vase of yellow daisies. The vase is too big for them, and they have slipped down to water level with their poor little faces up-raised, like drowning people crying for help. … Continue reading
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The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower
The Watch Tower, from Australian novelist Elizabeth Harrower is set in the years surrounding WWII. The story begins when sisters Laura and Clare are withdrawn from private boarding school by their self-focused mother, a British woman who’s never really adjusted to life in Australia. … Continue reading
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The Treatment and the Cure by Peter Kocan
“You’re not feeling so cheerful now, with this talk of shock treatment. You start to think how it was all too good to be true. Now you’re finding out about the bad thing, the thing you knew had to be … Continue reading
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Reaching Tin River by Thea Astley
“I find the tide already filling in her footsteps.” How much does the past influence the present? This is a question explored by the Australian writer, Thea Astley in her novel, Reaching Tin River. The narrator of the novel is … Continue reading
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