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“If you are capable of acknowledging that you only live once, then you have to at least consider an easier option. Don’t you?”
OK, this one is the real deal. I have little patience for the rural romances that try to work some lessons about “the land” into their narrative to give them some semblance of credibility. They don’t. They come across sounding teachy and preachy (technical terms, I know).
Dillon “Dimple” and Ruth Travers could have been our neighbours when we were farming. Anderson tell ...more
“If you are capable of acknowledging that you only live once, then you have to at least consider an easier option. Don’t you?”
OK, this one is the real deal. I have little patience for the rural romances that try to work some lessons about “the land” into their narrative to give them some semblance of credibility. They don’t. They come across sounding teachy and preachy (technical terms, I know).
Dillon “Dimple” and Ruth Travers could have been our neighbours when we were farming. Anderson tell ...more
Feb 02, 2020
Scribe Publications
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A fine-grained study of a marriage and a land in crisis … A wonderful book.
Jock Serong
An undemanding read for those who enjoy human stories with a rural setting, Small Mercies is the tale of a man and a woman who have weathered many trials by taking each other for granted, and who come to realise that familiarity doesn’t necessarily mean they know everything they should about one another.
Lindy Jones, Books+Publishing
This was an engaging and thought-provoking read, storytelling at its best, nuanc ...more
Jock Serong
An undemanding read for those who enjoy human stories with a rural setting, Small Mercies is the tale of a man and a woman who have weathered many trials by taking each other for granted, and who come to realise that familiarity doesn’t necessarily mean they know everything they should about one another.
Lindy Jones, Books+Publishing
This was an engaging and thought-provoking read, storytelling at its best, nuanc ...more
