A place near Eden /
Pierce, Nell,
A place near Eden / Nell Pierce. - Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022. - 296 pages ; 24 cm.
"Who do you trust when you can't trust yourself?" -- Back cover.
"How can we know the truth of our own lives? This question troubles Matilda, as she looks back on her time with her foster brother, Sem. Matilda remembers long hours at the swimming pool. Celeste, a girl who lived downstairs with her artist mother. Sem disappearing for hours, then days. Her father yelling in the driveway. A car coming to take Sem away. Five years later, Matilda lives in Melbourne with her mother. Sem is now a memory she has locked away. Until, at a party, Matilda reconnects with Celeste and then Sem. Celeste and Matilda move out to the coast near Eden to house-sit. Sem follows, but as the long summer drags on, the atmosphere in the house becomes claustrophobic. When Sem starts disappearing again, Matilda finds herself on unsteady ground, haunted by their past. One morning, after a night at the pub, Matilda wakes up scratched and hungover, with no memory of the previous night. Sem is once again gone. This time, for good. Matilda becomes consumed by an obsession to know if she is responsible for Sem's disappearance. But the truth struggles to fit into a neat story." -- Back cover.
The Australian/Vogel's Litereary Award Winner 2022.
9781761066177 176106617X
jb2022018042
Brothers and sisters.
Families.
Foster children.
Interpersonal relations.
Missing persons.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Foster children - Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Foster children--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Australia.
Australia--Fiction.
AUS fiction (Australia)
Australian fiction
Domestic fiction
Psychological fiction
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
Psychological fiction.
Australian fiction
Australian stories--Print --Adult fiction
Detective and mystery fiction.
Domestic fiction
Psychological fiction
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
PR8299.I467 / P53 2022
A823.4
A place near Eden / Nell Pierce. - Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022. - 296 pages ; 24 cm.
"Who do you trust when you can't trust yourself?" -- Back cover.
"How can we know the truth of our own lives? This question troubles Matilda, as she looks back on her time with her foster brother, Sem. Matilda remembers long hours at the swimming pool. Celeste, a girl who lived downstairs with her artist mother. Sem disappearing for hours, then days. Her father yelling in the driveway. A car coming to take Sem away. Five years later, Matilda lives in Melbourne with her mother. Sem is now a memory she has locked away. Until, at a party, Matilda reconnects with Celeste and then Sem. Celeste and Matilda move out to the coast near Eden to house-sit. Sem follows, but as the long summer drags on, the atmosphere in the house becomes claustrophobic. When Sem starts disappearing again, Matilda finds herself on unsteady ground, haunted by their past. One morning, after a night at the pub, Matilda wakes up scratched and hungover, with no memory of the previous night. Sem is once again gone. This time, for good. Matilda becomes consumed by an obsession to know if she is responsible for Sem's disappearance. But the truth struggles to fit into a neat story." -- Back cover.
The Australian/Vogel's Litereary Award Winner 2022.
9781761066177 176106617X
jb2022018042
Brothers and sisters.
Families.
Foster children.
Interpersonal relations.
Missing persons.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Foster children - Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Foster children--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Australia.
Australia--Fiction.
AUS fiction (Australia)
Australian fiction
Domestic fiction
Psychological fiction
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
Psychological fiction.
Australian fiction
Australian stories--Print --Adult fiction
Detective and mystery fiction.
Domestic fiction
Psychological fiction
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
PR8299.I467 / P53 2022
A823.4
