Dark Roots (Short Stories)

Author(s): Cate Kennedy

Fiction

SHORTLISTED FOR 2007 PREMIER'S QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS: AUSTRALIAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION


OPRAH MAGAZINE 'NEW VOICE OF THE MONTH'


In these sublimely sophisticated tales, Cate Kennedy opens up worlds of finely observed detail. Her stories are populated by people at tipping points in their lives -- moments that find them poised between a familiar past and an unfamiliar future. In 'The Testosterone Club', a neglected wife plans an unsavoury revenge on her boorish husband. In 'Resize', a married couple realise their too-tight wedding rings may symbolise wider aspects of their relationship. And in 'Cold Snap', a young boy senses that the newly arrived tree changer may have some sinister intents. Heartbreaking, evocative and richly comic, Dark Roots unveils the traumas that incite us to desperate measures, and the coincidences that drive our lives.


PRAISE FOR CATE KENNEDY


'stunning ... Each story picks you up, takes you out of your life and smack bang into the middle of another place and time where the troubles and joys are laid bare and stripped back to their essence with incredibly spare and gifted writing. This collection is a joy to read...' The Sunday Age


'These are precisely observed pieces, deserving of a wide audience.' The Guardian


Product Information

Packed with Short Stories which are highly engaging, thoughtful and occasionally comical, Kennedy highlights tipping points in people's lives - how one moment, situation or interaction can hold such power or be a metaphor for something much larger. 

General Fields

  • : 9781922070197
  • : Scribe Publications
  • : Scribe Publications
  • : 0.184
  • : September 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : Australia
  • : November 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 192
  • : 3
  • : Paperback
  • : Cate Kennedy