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'I used to think I didn't fit in, but now I realise I do.
When awkward teenager Charlie Hudson is beaten up during a family holiday at the beach, beautiful Tess Bailey rescues him - and sets the unusual course for his life. In this startling debut novel, Natt Nable follows the fortunes of Charlie, Tess, and their families and neighbours. Their lives intertwine, unravel, straighten, and become tangled again. A father tries to relive his football career through his son; a mother deserts her children in an attempt to find herself; a daughter purges to take control of her life. This is a portrait of plans gone wrong, a lament for what could have been, a salute to the power of redemptive love, and a brave examination of contemporary society. (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For my wife Cassandra. For believing in me, and for loving me. And for giving me the two most precious gifts in the world. Our boys.
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Epigraph: A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. -Henri-Frederic Amiel
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Summer Sizzlers
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 December 2009; (p. 12-14)
— Review of Red Queen 2008 single work novel ; Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel ; We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel ; Brown Skin Blue 2009 single work novel ; The Devil's Staircase 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe 2009 single work novel ; The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel ; Jasper Jones 2009 single work novel ; The Essence of the Thing 1997 single work novel ; The Women in Black 1993 single work novel ; The Lost Life 2009 single work novel Ian Nichols nominates a selection of titles for Summer reading over the 2009-2010 holiday period, including works by Australian writers. -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 29 August 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel ; The Curse of the Pogo Stick 2008 single work novel -
Boredom and Bandaids
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , August vol. 4 no. 7 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of The Danger Game 2008 single work novel ; The Ice Age 2009 single work novel ; We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel ; Omega Park 2009 single work novel -
Well Read
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 July 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of The Ice Age 2009 single work novel ; We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel -
A Solitary Game
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 July 2009; (p. 8)
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Review of the Week
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 July 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel -
Well Read
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 July 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of The Ice Age 2009 single work novel ; We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel -
Boredom and Bandaids
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , August vol. 4 no. 7 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of The Danger Game 2008 single work novel ; The Ice Age 2009 single work novel ; We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel ; Omega Park 2009 single work novel -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 29 August 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel ; The Curse of the Pogo Stick 2008 single work novel -
Summer Sizzlers
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 December 2009; (p. 12-14)
— Review of Red Queen 2008 single work novel ; Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel ; We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel ; Brown Skin Blue 2009 single work novel ; The Devil's Staircase 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe 2009 single work novel ; The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel ; Jasper Jones 2009 single work novel ; The Essence of the Thing 1997 single work novel ; The Women in Black 1993 single work novel ; The Lost Life 2009 single work novel Ian Nichols nominates a selection of titles for Summer reading over the 2009-2010 holiday period, including works by Australian writers. -
Living in the Here and Now
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 July 2009; (p. 11) -
A Solitary Game
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 July 2009; (p. 8)
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