Dimensions
172 x 235 x 21mm
"I'm falling apart, Jane thinks. Or maybe I'm not, maybe it's just 'it' falling apart. The marriage. The edifice. The cornerstone. The gateway to respectability. The millstone. The bloody weight around my neck. The chain dragging at my ankles."
Happy families are not always conventional. Conventional families are not always happy. In her first book since the acclaimed 'Heddy and Me', Susan Varga paints a panorama in miniature of contemporary Australian life. Different worlds connect and collide: city and country, "old" Europe and "new" Australia, black and white Australians, male and female values.
A warm and compelling novel about women's lives, about the past and its secrets and the different shapes families can take.
