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Seven sisters / Katherine Kovacic.

By: Publication details: Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Australia, 2023.Description: 311 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781460761885
  • 146076188X
Other title:
  • 7 sisters
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.4 23
Summary: "Naomi started grief counselling prepared to run for cover as soon as her therapist, Mia, pulled out a crystal or tried to align her chakras. But Mia seems ordinary and her practice, The Pleiades, is named for the seven sisters from Greek mythology - sisters that in some versions of the myth die of grief or are killed to be saved from attackers. Mia explains that it is her intention to subvert the traditional narratives where harm befalls women. But when Mia suggests that Naomi joins a support group, she is sceptical: how could she possibly share her loss and rage to a room full of people? How could she begin to describe what it felt like to lose her sister, Jo? How could she even express her helplessness that Jo's killer walks free on a suspended sentence? And how could she share her deepest desire to see Jo's killer dead by her hand? In the group sessions, Naomi finds that her experiences and her anger are shared between the other members: Gabrielle, Brooke, Katy, Olivia and Amy. Under the enigmatic leadership of Mia, a plan begins to take shape. I'll kill yours if you kill mine ... " -- Publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Crime Fiction | Fiona's recent crime reads
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Crime KOV Available 071694
Total reserves: 0

"Men get away with murder all the time, now it's our turn" -- Front cover.

Includes book club questions.

"Naomi started grief counselling prepared to run for cover as soon as her therapist, Mia, pulled out a crystal or tried to align her chakras. But Mia seems ordinary and her practice, The Pleiades, is named for the seven sisters from Greek mythology - sisters that in some versions of the myth die of grief or are killed to be saved from attackers. Mia explains that it is her intention to subvert the traditional narratives where harm befalls women. But when Mia suggests that Naomi joins a support group, she is sceptical: how could she possibly share her loss and rage to a room full of people? How could she begin to describe what it felt like to lose her sister, Jo? How could she even express her helplessness that Jo's killer walks free on a suspended sentence? And how could she share her deepest desire to see Jo's killer dead by her hand? In the group sessions, Naomi finds that her experiences and her anger are shared between the other members: Gabrielle, Brooke, Katy, Olivia and Amy. Under the enigmatic leadership of Mia, a plan begins to take shape. I'll kill yours if you kill mine ... " -- Publisher.

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