On the Grapevine: A Novel

by Linda Burgess

A novel of the nineties, On the Grapevine is about being grown-up and not getting it right all of the time. Worse - Sally, Teresa and Daniel live in a provincial town, where the most private news quickly finds its way on to 'the grapevine'.
What's on the grapevine? Gossip, speculation, hard truths and fabrications, the stories we keep secret, the ones we let go. Love, trust and friendship - what do they mean?
This sequel to Between Friends is a richly textured novel, superb in its detail, quick in its wit.

200 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Linda Burgess is a freelance writer, short story writer, script and television writer, novelist and reviewer. She was shortlisted for the Best First Book of Fiction in the 1995 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and was Writer in Residence at Massey University in 1997. Linda and her husband Robert live in Wellington.