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26 September 2012
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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.


'Cate Kennedy writes with the warm understanding and cold precision of a master. A dazzling collection.'
-David Malouf

'One of the world's finest short-story writers.'
-Robert Drewe

'Cate Kennedy's collection of short stories, Dark Roots, announces the arrival of a major talent in Australian fiction. She has a near pitch-perfect voice and a feeling for the precise moment when stars move in the cosmos.'
-Peter Temple, author of The Broken Shore

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    ISBN-13
    9781922070197
    Author
    Cate Kennedy
    Publisher
    Scribe Publications
    Published
    26 September 2012
    Format
    Paperback / softback
    Pages
    192

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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.


    'Cate Kennedy writes with the warm understanding and cold precision of a master. A dazzling collection.'
    -David Malouf

    'One of the world's finest short-story writers.'
    -Robert Drewe

    'Cate Kennedy's collection of short stories, Dark Roots, announces the arrival of a major talent in Australian fiction. She has a near pitch-perfect voice and a feeling for the precise moment when stars move in the cosmos.'
    -Peter Temple, author of The Broken Shore

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