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This seems to be a pretty well-crafted debut but I could not engage with the characters so it left me a bit cold. In her grief over a stillborn baby, Gaelle escapes Sydney for Fremantle, without telling friends or family. In an effort to come to terms with her present, Gaelle begins to dissect her difficult past with a physically & psychologically absent mother. In talking through her life with teenage Selena, Gaelle starts to understand herself better & both of them reap positive rewards from t
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Sometimes when I go to the library I pick a random book off the shelf. I shut my eyes and grab a book and hope for a winner. Not so lucky this time!
The story is about a woman who has given birth to a stillborn baby and the consequences of that on her and her marriage. The part that really irritated me about this novel is that the author tried to turn into some kind of mystery as to why the protagonist is acting like a dolt. I mean was it really necessary to do a big reveal at the end that their ...more
The story is about a woman who has given birth to a stillborn baby and the consequences of that on her and her marriage. The part that really irritated me about this novel is that the author tried to turn into some kind of mystery as to why the protagonist is acting like a dolt. I mean was it really necessary to do a big reveal at the end that their ...more
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