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Margaret Merrilees explores the themes of blame, guilt and responsibility in her literary debut novel, The First Week.
Marian is stunned when her youngest son, Charlie, inexplicably shoots two strangers. She travels from the family farm in Western Australia's wheatbelt to the city, desperate to understand what has happened, struggling with grief, confusion and shock.
While I could understand Marion's bewilderment I found I was often intensely irritated by her passivity. As a woman who had coped w ...more
May 15, 2021
Kim
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