Islands

Author Peggy Frew

A stunning literary novel from the author of the Stella Prize shortlisted Hope Farm.There was a house on a hill in the city and it was full of us, our family, but then it began to empty. We fell out. We made a mess. We draped ourselves in blame and disappointment and lurched around, bumping into each other. Some of us wailed and shouted; some of us barely made a sound. None of us was listening, or paying attention. And in the middle of it all you, very quietly, were gone. Helen and John are too preoccupied with making a mess of their marriage to notice the quiet ways in which their daughters are suffering. Junie grows up brittle and defensive, Anna difficult and rebellious. When fifteen-year-old Anna fails to come home one night, her mother&#39;s not too worried; Anna&#39;s taken off before but always returned. Helen waits three days to report her disappearance. But this time Anna doesn&#39;t come back ... A spellbinding novel in the tradition of Helen Garner, Charlotte Wood and Georgia Blain, Islands is a riveting and brilliant portrait of a family in crisis by the breathtakingly talented author of House of Sticks and Hope Farm.&#39;Peggy Frew is an amazing writer...Elegant, tender and very wise.&#39; Chris Womersley, author of Bereft on Hope Farm&#39;Peggy Frew&#39;s novel, Hope Farm, tells an original tale, drawing into the body of Australian literary fiction, a world between the cracks. Peggy&#39;s voice is contemporary, her observations sharp and sensitive. Hope Farm describes the cycle of loss and damage when there are no boundaries to protect us.&#39; Sofie Laguna, author of The Eye of the Sheep, 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner&#39;Brilliant. Peggy Frew is a superb writer, and this is a remarkably confident debut.&#39; Clare Bowditch on House of Sticks

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