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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Hold
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'A haunting, hypnotic and enticing novel of grief and desire, by one of Australia's finest, most assured novelists.

'Three years ago, Shelley's lover, Conrad, died in a surfing accident. Now, still in a state of subdued grief, Shelley has just moved into an old Victorian terrace in Paddington with David, her new partner, trying for a new beginning. At home one morning, Shelley discovers a door to a small intriguing room, which is not on the plans. There is a window, a fireplace and a beautiful chandelier. But nothing else.

'When Shelley meets a man who seems to be Conrad's uncanny double, the mysterious room begins to dominate her world, becoming a focus for her secret fantasies and fears, offering an escape which also threatens to become a trap. A waking dream of a novel, HOLD is spellbinding, sensual and unsettling.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: To my mother, Lyn

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney South, South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 294p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 22nd February 2016
      ISBN: 9781460751657

Works about this Work

Something Beyond The Natural Sophia Barnes , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , July 2016;

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
'Picture a Sydney beach: not the broad oversized sweep of Bondi or Cronulla, or the long white-sanded strip of Manly, or the picturesque pockets of water around the harbour, netted in against the sharks. Imagine the intimate curve of Bronte, the strip of green beyond the sand reaching back into a dark tangle of trees and ferns and grass in the gully beyond the children’s playground. ...'
Hold Review : Kirsten Tranter Story of Grief and the Rebuilding of a Life Jennifer Levasseur , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 22 April 2016;

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
'Kirsten Tranter's third novel, Hold, teeters between realities. On the surface, Hold is a quick, fluid contemporary story that follows a Sydney woman through grief and stuttering attempts to rebuild her life. ...'
An Eerie Pairing of Grief and the Gothic Jennifer Levasseur , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 23-24 April 2016; (p. 24) The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 April 2016; (p. 24)

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
Subtly Realised Portrait of Grief Helen Elliott , 2016 single work
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 March 2016; (p. 20)

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
Subtly Realised Portrait of Grief Helen Elliott , 2016 single work
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 March 2016; (p. 20)

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
An Eerie Pairing of Grief and the Gothic Jennifer Levasseur , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 23-24 April 2016; (p. 24) The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 April 2016; (p. 24)

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
Hold Review : Kirsten Tranter Story of Grief and the Rebuilding of a Life Jennifer Levasseur , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 22 April 2016;

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
'Kirsten Tranter's third novel, Hold, teeters between realities. On the surface, Hold is a quick, fluid contemporary story that follows a Sydney woman through grief and stuttering attempts to rebuild her life. ...'
Something Beyond The Natural Sophia Barnes , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , July 2016;

— Review of Hold Kirsten Tranter , 2016 single work novel
'Picture a Sydney beach: not the broad oversized sweep of Bondi or Cronulla, or the long white-sanded strip of Manly, or the picturesque pockets of water around the harbour, netted in against the sharks. Imagine the intimate curve of Bronte, the strip of green beyond the sand reaching back into a dark tangle of trees and ferns and grass in the gully beyond the children’s playground. ...'
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