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'From prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. In Like a House on Fire, Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies, injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. In 'Laminex and Mirrors', a young woman working as a cleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor's orders. In 'Cross-Country', a jilted lover manages to misinterpret her ex's new life. And in 'Ashes', a son accompanies his mother on a journey to scatter his father's remains, while lifelong resentments simmer in the background.
'Cate Kennedy's poignant short stories find the beauty and tragedy in illness and mortality, life and love.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication : For the friends who've stuck around for many years, still talking, still laughing, still sitting around the fire, these stories are for you, with love and gratitude.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Brunswick,
Brunswick - Coburg area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Scribe
, 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Flexion, single work short story (p. 1-16)
- Ashes, single work short story (p. 17-33)
- Laminex and Mirrors, single work short story (p. 35-56)
- Tender, single work short story (p. 57-72)
- Like a House on Fire, single work short story (p. 73-93)
- Five Dollar Family, single work short story (p. 95-113)
- Cross-Country, single work short story (p. 115-126)
- Sleepers, single work short story (p. 127-139)
- Whirlpool, single work short story (p. 141-153)
- Cake, single work short story (p. 155-179)
- White Spirit, single work short story (p. 181-195)
- Little Plastic Shipwreck, single work short story (p. 181-209)
- Waiting, single work short story (p. 211-218)
- Static, single work short story (p. 219-237)
- Seventy-Two Derwents, single work short story fantasy (p. 239-277)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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Stella Award Women Writers Line up for Prize
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 March 2013; (p. 34) -
Domestic Fiction
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , March 2013;
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story -
Fifty Shades of Great
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 December 2012; (p. 3) So many books, so little time - literary editor Susan Wyndham rounds up the years best. -
Bookmark
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 November 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story ; Hemisphere Travel Guides : Las Vegas For Vegans 2011 single work short story -
The Aspirational
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 346 2012; (p. 29)
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story
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[Review] Like a House on Fire
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story -
Home Fires Too Close for Comfort
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 October 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story -
From the Wells of Human Vulnerability
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 17 November 2012; (p. 27) The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 November 2012; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story -
The Aspirational
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 346 2012; (p. 29)
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story -
Bookmark
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 November 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of Like a House on Fire 2012 selected work short story ; Hemisphere Travel Guides : Las Vegas For Vegans 2011 single work short story -
Fifty Shades of Great
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 December 2012; (p. 3) So many books, so little time - literary editor Susan Wyndham rounds up the years best. -
Stella Award Women Writers Line up for Prize
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 March 2013; (p. 34)
Awards
- 2013 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Australian Short Story Collection - Steele Rudd Award
- 2013 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita Kibble Literary Award
- 2013 longlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 2013 shortlisted The Stella Prize
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