![]() It is a searing, powerful and utterly original work by an exceptional Australian writer. And in the present day, Gerry seeks to escape his father Toohey's tyranny and heal the wounds inflicted by it.Ĭrossing the frontiers of war, protest and cultural reconciliation, Act of Grace is a meditation on inheritance: the damage that one generation bestows upon the next, and the potential for transformation. Fearlessly and without prejudice, she shines a light into the darkest recesses of. Sometimes these involve consensual sex, but sometimes they don’t, and sometimes they fall into a grey area.In Night Games, Anna Krien follows the trial of a young footballer. ![]() ![]() In Melbourne as the millennium turns, Robbie, faced with her father's dementia and family silences that may never be addressed, begins to test boundaries. At night, some play what they think of as pranks, or games. In Night Games, Anna Krien follows the rape trial of an Australian Rules footballer. In the tradition of Helen Garner's The First Stone comes a closely observed, controversial book about sex, consent and power. A decade earlier, aspiring pianist Nasim falls from favour with Saddam Hussein and his psychopathic son Uday, triggering a perilous search for safety. Sometimes these involve consensual sex, but sometimes they don't, and sometimes they fall into a grey area. Australian soldier Toohey returns from Baghdad in 2003 with shrapnel in his neck, crippled by PTSD. ![]() In this brilliant novel of fear and sacrifice, trauma and survival, four characters' lives intertwine across time and place. 'A novelist for our times' Anna Funder, author of Stasiland Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2020 ![]()
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