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Shutterspeed
by
A.J. Betts (Goodreads Author)
Living alone with his silent father and the shadow cast by his long-dead mother, Dustin waits, wanting only to slip under the radar and survive what’s left of high school and through his work at the photo lab. Then one Sunday, a single photo gets stuck in the processor and it changes everything: the bike in the picture is decent—a Ducati Monster 620, cherry red—and the wom...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
July 1st 2008
by Fremantle Press
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YA. All Dustin wants is to survive the rest of high school & get through dreary hours working at his father's photo lab. When a photo of a young woman on a red Ducati motorbike gets stuck in the processor, Dustin's curiosity in the woman and her life takes him down a perilous road to a misguided way of being. This well-crafted novella is written with insight and compassion and doesn't once hold back from the raw and shocking events of a fragile adolescence.
Shutterspeed was a strange story.
It seemed extremely slow, then extremely fast, and then at normal pacing. I suppose it suited the story: I’m a little astonished as to how it worked. The author managed to pull it off.
The entire concept of the story was beautiful, but a little rushed. I’m sure that, if the author made it into a bigger novel, it’d be among my favourites. A little suspenseful, mysterious and strangely heartbreaking. I couldn’t give it more than three stars, though, because it felt...more
It seemed extremely slow, then extremely fast, and then at normal pacing. I suppose it suited the story: I’m a little astonished as to how it worked. The author managed to pull it off.
The entire concept of the story was beautiful, but a little rushed. I’m sure that, if the author made it into a bigger novel, it’d be among my favourites. A little suspenseful, mysterious and strangely heartbreaking. I couldn’t give it more than three stars, though, because it felt...more
In A Nutshell: ShutterSpeed is the story of a teenage boy looking for answers but who gets caught up in a frantic obsession that forces him to take a step back and pay attention to the realities of his life. Personal boundaries, mental health and adolescent friendships are highlighted in this psychological teenage drama set in Western Australia.
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I'm a Perth-based writer who writes realistic fiction for teenagers (14+) but adults enjoy them too. I'm also an English teacher, poet, writer of non-fiction texts, presenter and reader.
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