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'Endorsed by Cate Kennedy, this is an eagerly awaited first story collection from an acclaimed young writer.
'The award-winning stories in The Rest is Weight reflect Mills’ years in Central Australia, as well as her travels to Mexico, Russia and China. The collection displays a confident diversity of narrative voices and a brevity in style.
'In 'The wind and other children', a girl searches for her lost grandmother while her parents quarrel at home; in 'Extra time', a man contemplates inertia after toxic contamination changes life in a remote Australian town; a woman imagines a mother’s love for her autistic son in 'The air you need'; and in 'Hello, Satan', a boy awaits his destiny at a roundabout at midnight, on the edge of a small town.
'In exploring the human, Jennifer Mills deftly weaves themes of longing, alienation, delusion, resilience, and love. Sometimes dreamy and hypnotic, sometimes comic and wry, these stories leave their mark. Collected or on their own, Mills’ fiction is both a joy and a wonder to read.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Look Down with Me, single work short story
- The Wind and Other Children, single work short story
- Aperature, single work short story
- The Jungle Will Swallow Anything, single work short story
-
Roadhouse,
single work
short story
Truck driver Harry finds a friend in fellow driver Don.
- Crow Season, single work short story
- The Milk in the Sky, single work short story
- The Capital of Missing Persons, single work short story
- Demolition, single work short story
- Reason, single work short story
- The Lap, single work short story
- Plain Indians, single work short story
- Hello, Satan, single work short story
- The Shipping Views, single work short story
- A Selfish Prayer, single work short story
- Mice, single work short story
- The Opposite of Peace, single work short story
- Architecture, single work short story
- Extra Time, single work short story
- An Innocent Man, single work short story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
-
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108) -
Hallmarks of Desolation
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 346 2012; (p. 67)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story ; Tarcutta Wake 2012 selected work short story -
A Novel Idea
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: UQ News , September no. 603 2012; (p. 14) -
Parable of Promise and Poison
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 September 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story -
Short Stories
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 23 September 2012; (p. 14)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story
-
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 91 no. 8 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 91 no. 8 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story -
Shifting Ground
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 July 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story -
Disquieting Journey into the Sinister Side
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 July 2012; (p. 31) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 July 2012; (p. 32)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story -
Well Read
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 July 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story ; Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel -
A Novel Idea
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: UQ News , September no. 603 2012; (p. 14) -
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108)
Awards
- 2013 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — University of Southern Queensland Australian Short Story Collection – Steele Rudd Award
- 2013 longlisted