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In these sublimely sophisticated tales, Cate Kennedy opens up worlds of finely observed detail. Her stories are populated by people at tipping points in their lives -- moments that find them poised between a familiar past and an unfamiliar future.
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In these sublimely sophisticated tales, Cate Kennedy opens up worlds of finely observed detail. Her stories are populated by people at tipping points in their lives—moments that find them poised between a familiar past and an unfamiliar future.
In The Testosterone Club, a neglected wife plans an unsavoury revenge on her boorish husband. In Resize, a married couple realise their too-tight wedding rings may symbolise wider aspects of their relationship. And in Cold Snap, a young boy senses that the newly arrived tree changer may have some sinister intents.
Heartbreaking, evocative and richly comic, Dark Roots unveils the traumas that incite us to desperate measures, and the coincidences that drive our lives.
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Dark Roots by Cate Kennedy has been praised for its insightful storytelling and mastery of short fiction. Critics like David Malouf commend the collection for its blend of empathy and precise prose, while Robert Drewe highlights Kennedy's standing among the top short-story writers internationally.
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ISBN: 9781922070197
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 September 2012
Country: Australia
Imprint: Scribe Publications
Edition: 3rd edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 185g
Pages: 192
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About the Author
Cate Kennedy is the author of the highly acclaimed novel The World Beneath, which won the People's Choice Award in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 2010. It was also shortlisted for The Age fiction prize 2010 and the ASA Barbara Jefferis Award 2010, among others. She is an award-winning short-story writer whose work has been published widely. Her collection, Dark Roots, was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Cate is also the author of the travel memoir Sing, and Don't Cry, and the poetry collections Joyflight and Signs of Other Fires. Her latest book is The Taste of River Water- New and Selected Poems by Cate Kennedy, which was published in May 2011 and won the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry.
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