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We all lived in Bondi then / Georgia Blain ; foreword by Charlotte Wood.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Carlton North, VIC : Scribe Publications, 2024.Description: vii, 155 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781761380730 (Australian edition: hardback)
  • 9781957363776 (US/UK edition: paperback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.3 23
Contents:
Australia Square -- Dear Professor Brewster -- Far from home -- Last days -- Last one standing -- Ship to shore -- Still breathing -- Sunday -- We all lived in Bondi then.
Summary: From the author of the multi-award-winning bestseller Between a Wolf and a Dog, a powerful collection of previously unpublished stories. A sister is haunted by the consequences of a simple mistake. A daughter searches for certainty as her mother's memory degrades. An encounter at a house party changes the course of a life. In We All Lived in Bondi Then, beloved Australian author Georgia Blain returns to her resonant themes of relationships and family, illness and health, love and death. Composed in Blain's final years, these nine stories grapple with large questions on a human scale, brimming with her trademark acuity, nuance, and warmth.
List(s) this item appears in: March 2024 Australian Titles | March 2024 Short Stories | Australian Short Stories
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
New book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Short stories BLA Issued 06/05/2024 073065
Total reserves: 0

Australia Square -- Dear Professor Brewster -- Far from home -- Last days -- Last one standing -- Ship to shore -- Still breathing -- Sunday -- We all lived in Bondi then.

From the author of the multi-award-winning bestseller Between a Wolf and a Dog, a powerful collection of previously unpublished stories. A sister is haunted by the consequences of a simple mistake. A daughter searches for certainty as her mother's memory degrades. An encounter at a house party changes the course of a life. In We All Lived in Bondi Then, beloved Australian author Georgia Blain returns to her resonant themes of relationships and family, illness and health, love and death. Composed in Blain's final years, these nine stories grapple with large questions on a human scale, brimming with her trademark acuity, nuance, and warmth.

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