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'I'm a lucky woman, thinks Susanna Greenfield. And why wouldn't she? Her handsome, successful husband is a loving father to their two teenage children. Her mother is her dearest friend, and her scatty but adored younger sister seems to have finally found some stability in her life. Susanna has a solid career as an art teacher, and if, as she's recently discovered, there's a hole inside her where her creative spirit used to be - is that really such a big price to pay?
'But beneath the carefully maintained surface, seismic forces are at work. Fault lines are forming, not only in Susanna, but within each beloved member of her family. In a single, tragically ill-judged moment, the fabric it has taken a lifetime to construct can be torn apart.
'Human frailties, and the power of the ties that bind us: this is Kate Veitch's territory, explored with characteristic warmth and honesty in her absorbing portrait of a family thrown into crisis.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Epigraph: All truths wait in all things
They neither hasten their own delivery nor resist it,
They do not need the obstetric forceps of the surgeon.
The insignificant is as big to me as any.
What is less or more than a touch? From Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself', found underlined among Clarice Beckett's papers.
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- Sound recording.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Lost in the Crowd
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , August vol. 5 no. 7 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of The Grand Hotel : A Novel 2010 single work novel ; Speak to Me 2010 single work novel ; Trust 2010 single work novel ; Indelible Ink 2010 single work novel -
In Pursuit of Family Truths
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel -
Well Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 May 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel ; Leaving Suzie Pye 2010 single work novel -
A Warm, Home-Cooked Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 May 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel -
Review of the Week
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 May 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel
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[Review] Trust
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 89 no. 7 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel -
Fast-Paced Drama Has a Wicked Edge
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 May 2010; (p. 33)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel -
Quiet Liberation
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel -
Review of the Week
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 May 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel -
A Warm, Home-Cooked Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 May 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Trust 2010 single work novel
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