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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

  • 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.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2010 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Penguin Books Australia
      Extent: 356p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 3rd 2010
      ISBN: 9780670073979 (pbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Plume ,
      2010 .
      image of person or book cover 2559868289296316100.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 357p.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 29th 2010
      ISBN: 9780452296350
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin Books , 2011 .
      image of person or book cover 3524150498907142954.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 356p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 2nd May 2011
      ISBN: 9780143205494 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Vertrouw Me
Language: Dutch
    • Utrecht,
      c
      Netherlands,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      De Kern ,
      2011 .
      image of person or book cover 7358184480264941911.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: 365p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 3rd 2011
      ISBN: 9789032513016

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

Lost in the Crowd Stella Clarke , 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 Gregory Day , 2010 single work novel ; Speak to Me Sarah Hopkins , 2010 single work novel ; Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel ; Indelible Ink Fiona McGregor , 2010 single work novel
In Pursuit of Family Truths Louise Crossman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 June 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
Well Read Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 May 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel ; Leaving Suzie Pye John Dale , 2010 single work novel
A Warm, Home-Cooked Read Jo Case , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 May 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
Review of the Week Patricia Maunder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 May 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
[Review] Trust Fiona Edwards , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 89 no. 7 2010; (p. 37)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
Fast-Paced Drama Has a Wicked Edge Dorothy Johnston , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 May 2010; (p. 33)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
Quiet Liberation Amy Baillieu , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 35)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
Review of the Week Patricia Maunder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 May 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
A Warm, Home-Cooked Read Jo Case , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 May 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Trust Kate Veitch , 2010 single work novel
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