AustLit

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'Often in the gap between our thoughts and dreams and the reality of our daily lives there exist haunting memories. These memories can be dangerous places. Alternating between the sunlit and moonlit dreamscapes of island life and the stark interiors of suburban family existence, Dangerous Places delves the depths of a struggle between desire and duty, between dreams and domesticity - and the myths we sometimes use to make meaning of our lives.' (Publication summary)

'Who would you choose: your lover or your sister? This is the dilemma Jen confronts in this intriguing verse novel, which lyrically and unpredictably interweaves storytelling and poetry. 'Saving Ginia tests and extends the boundaries of the novel in verse in ways that are original, ambiguous, elliptical. The surface shimmers and tantalises with secrets fleetingly glimpsed, possibilities obliquely revealed.' - Jena Woodhouse Praise for Crushed Sugar: 'What makes these stories rise high and hit home is the lyricism of the language, and the sheer poetry of her insights.' - Venero Armanno Tracey-Anne Forbes has had numerous stories and poems published in Australian literary magazines and anthologies, including Award Winning Australian Writing 2012 and One Book Many Brisbanes 6. She has written four novels, and a collection of her stories, Crushed Sugar, was published by Ginninderra Press in 2007. Saving Ginia is her first verse novel. ' (Publication summary)

At a Joint Effort gig in 1978 at Queensland Uni, latent antagonism between two young women explodes into dangerous life like the punk music of the scene – igniting, as the music could, a lash of life-changing clarity. (One Book Many Brisbanes 6: 138)