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'Ethan is a bright young boy obsessed with physics and astronomy who lives with his mother, Claire. Claire has been a wonderful parent to Ethan, but he's becoming increasingly curious about his father's absence in his life, wanting to fill in the gaps.
'Claire's life is centred on Ethan; she is fiercely protective of her talented, vulnerable son, and of her own feelings. When Ethan falls ill, tied to a tragic event from when he was a baby, Claire's tightly held world is split open.
'On the other side of the country, Mark is trying to forget about the events that tore his family apart. Then a sudden and unexpected call home forces him to confront his past, and the hole in his life that was once filled with his wife Claire and his son Ethan.
'When Ethan secretly intercepts a letter from Mark to Claire, he unleashes long-suppressed forces that – like gravity – pull the three together again, testing the limits of love and forgiveness.
'Heart-wrenching, absorbing and magical, Relativity is an irresistible novel about science, love, unbreakable bonds and irreversible acts.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: For Julian
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Epigraph:
Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse –TS Eliot
We are lived by powers we pretend to understand. –WH Auden
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
- Sound recording. (German)
Works about this Work
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How I Wrote...The Penultimage Scene of Relativity
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , December-February 2015-2016; (p. 22) -
‘Could Not Put It Down’
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , October 2015;
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel ; Relativity 2015 single work novel ; The Other Side of the World 2015 single work novel -
Gretchen Shirm Reviews 'Relativity' by Antonia Hayes
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 375 2015; (p. 58)
— Review of Relativity 2015 single work novel -
Review : Relativity
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2015; (p. 43)
— Review of Relativity 2015 single work novel -
Teenage Experience Translates into a Confident Debut
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 July 2015; (p. 18)
— Review of Relativity 2015 single work novel
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Love as Complex as Any Scientific Equation
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 July 2015; (p. 24-25) The Age , 4 July 2015; (p. 30)
— Review of Relativity 2015 single work novel -
Teenage Experience Translates into a Confident Debut
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 July 2015; (p. 18)
— Review of Relativity 2015 single work novel -
Review : Relativity
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2015; (p. 43)
— Review of Relativity 2015 single work novel -
Gretchen Shirm Reviews 'Relativity' by Antonia Hayes
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 375 2015; (p. 58)
— Review of Relativity 2015 single work novel -
‘Could Not Put It Down’
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , October 2015;
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel ; Relativity 2015 single work novel ; The Other Side of the World 2015 single work novel -
Writing from the Wound
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 June 2015; (p. 12-13) 'For Antonia Hayes, the dark cloud of her son being diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome over a decade ago has a silver lining; not just his complete recovery, but also as the spur for her career as a novelist, writes Benjamin Law.' -
How I Wrote...The Penultimage Scene of Relativity
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , December-February 2015-2016; (p. 22) -
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The Book Club [December 2015]
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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2015
15258855
2015
film/TV
Host Jennifer Byrne joins regular panelists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, and guests Michael Williams and Leigh Sales to discuss "Five of the Best", including Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski, Anne Tyler’s A Spool of Blue Thread, The Whites by Harry Brandt, Relativity by Antonia Hayes and A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- 2016 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — The Matt Richell Award for New Writer
- 2016 shortlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
- 2015 highly commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award