Mireille Juchau

Rien and Mark leave St Mary's Home for Children and start a tentative new life together. While Mark dreams of machines to repair their fractured world, Rien writes stories to help her recover the missing events of her past. When their friend, Dog Boy, escapes from St Mary's, he embarks on a journey that will dramatically alter each of their...

Burning In is a novel about mothers and daughters, exploring how the hidden past reveals itself in the present and the tensions between professional commitment and family responsibilities. The story is narrated by a young woman named Martine, who channels the emotional distance she perceives in her mother, Lotte—a Holocaust survivor—into a passion for photography. Martine relocates from Sydney to...