TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blain,Georgia
TI  - Between a wolf and a dog
SN  - 9781925321111
U1  - A823.3 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Brunswick, Victoria
PB  - Scribe Publications
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - Family therapy
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Psychotherapy
KW  - Family therapists
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - Dysfunctional families
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Rain and rainfall
KW  - Families
KW  - Sydney (N.S.W.)
KW  - Australian
KW  - lcgft
N2  - Outside, the rain continues unceasing; silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowly softens with the dawn. Ester is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the anxieties of the middle class: loneliness, relationships, death. She spends her days helping others find happiness, but her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Estranged from both her sister, April, and her ex-husband, Lawrence, Ester wants to fall in love again. Meanwhile, April is struggling through her own directionless life; Lawrence's reckless past decisions are catching up with him; and Ester and April's mother, Hilary, is about to make a choice that will profoundly affect then all. Taking place largely over one rainy day in Sydney, and rendered with the evocative and powerful prose Blain is known for, Between a Wolf and a Dog is a celebration of the best in all of us - our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art. Ultimately, it is a joyous tribute to the beauty of being alive
ER  -