AustLit

'One woman lists real and imagined memories of life on Planet Earth, shifting between personal memories and world events unfolding over a century. What results is a gradual accumulation of the tragic and joyful moments shaping global consciousness, and the tentacular connections that make a life.'

Source: Author's website.

'"I asked men to tell me what a real man is. I asked my father. I asked the man I sat next to in Year 11 Chemistry. I asked a man I met at a pub one night and every man I dated over a two year period. I asked almost 100 men. This is what I heard." — Emma Mary Hall

'Over 15 darkly funny chapters, Ode to Man is a lyrical and confronting exploration the state of modern man and romantic ambition in a world where woman dare dare dream to have it all. ' (Publication summary)