Between a wolf and a dog /
Blain, Georgia, 1964-2016,
Between a wolf and a dog / Georgia Blain. - Australian edition. - Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2016. - 257 pages ; 24 cm.
Outside, the rain continues unceasing; silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowly softens with the dawn. Ester is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the anxieties of the middle class: loneliness, relationships, death. She spends her days helping others find happiness, but her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Estranged from both her sister, April, and her ex-husband, Lawrence, Ester wants to fall in love again. Meanwhile, April is struggling through her own directionless life; Lawrence's reckless past decisions are catching up with him; and Ester and April's mother, Hilary, is about to make a choice that will profoundly affect then all. Taking place largely over one rainy day in Sydney, and rendered with the evocative and powerful prose Blain is known for, Between a Wolf and a Dog is a celebration of the best in all of us - our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art. Ultimately, it is a joyous tribute to the beauty of being alive.
Winner, Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. Shortlisted, The Stella Prize.
9781925228540 9781925321111 1925321118
Family therapists--Fiction.
Novel--English--Australia--20th century--Texts.
Psychotherapy--Fiction.
Family therapy--Fiction.
Family therapists--Family relationships--Fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Rain and rainfall--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Psychotherapy--Fiction.
Family psychotherapy--Fiction.
Family therapists--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Australian.
Domestic fiction
Australian fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
823.3
Between a wolf and a dog / Georgia Blain. - Australian edition. - Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2016. - 257 pages ; 24 cm.
Outside, the rain continues unceasing; silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowly softens with the dawn. Ester is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the anxieties of the middle class: loneliness, relationships, death. She spends her days helping others find happiness, but her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Estranged from both her sister, April, and her ex-husband, Lawrence, Ester wants to fall in love again. Meanwhile, April is struggling through her own directionless life; Lawrence's reckless past decisions are catching up with him; and Ester and April's mother, Hilary, is about to make a choice that will profoundly affect then all. Taking place largely over one rainy day in Sydney, and rendered with the evocative and powerful prose Blain is known for, Between a Wolf and a Dog is a celebration of the best in all of us - our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art. Ultimately, it is a joyous tribute to the beauty of being alive.
Winner, Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. Shortlisted, The Stella Prize.
9781925228540 9781925321111 1925321118
Family therapists--Fiction.
Novel--English--Australia--20th century--Texts.
Psychotherapy--Fiction.
Family therapy--Fiction.
Family therapists--Family relationships--Fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Rain and rainfall--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Psychotherapy--Fiction.
Family psychotherapy--Fiction.
Family therapists--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Australian.
Domestic fiction
Australian fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
823.3
