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'The storybook idea of family—dad, mum, kids, gran and grandpa—doesn’t always reflect the bonds that tie us most closely to one another in Australia today. Many of us, even those in traditional family structures, find that the people with whom we feel the greatest kinship—a godmother, a brilliant teacher, a tight-knit group of friends—have no biological connection to us.
'The contributors to this collection, among the finest writers in Australia, pay tribute to the people who shaped them, and reimagine what family can mean in the twenty-first century. Forget the old, rigid definitions: this is a celebration of families in all the wonderful forms they may take.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Step by Step, single work prose
- Over the Road, single work prose
- A Tempe Tale, single work prose
- Sisters, single work prose
- Oranges, single work prose
- The Spare, single work prose
- Connection, single work prose
- A Love That Holds up the Sky, single work prose
- Three Guests, single work prose
- It Takes a Village To...You Know How the Rest Goes, single work prose
- The Broken Parents Club, single work prose
- The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, single work prose
- Hunger, single work prose
- Water and Blood, single work prose
- Country Is Kin, single work prose
- Fabric and Holes, single work prose
- Finding My Flock, single work prose
- Insider-Outsider, single work prose
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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No Exit : Nuanced Readings of the Modern Family
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Family : Stories of Belonging 2022 anthology prose autobiography essay'The nuclear family has a bad literary rap. As we know from fiction and memoir, the traditional two-heterosexual-parents-and-biological-kids model, a structure that provides stability and nourishment for some, can also be a stricture, a disappointment, even a crucible of cruelty. The opening sentence of Anna Karenina notwithstanding, unhappiness is unhappiness; there are common experiences for the survivors of family difficulty, even when specifics differ.' (Introduction)
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No Exit : Nuanced Readings of the Modern Family
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Family : Stories of Belonging 2022 anthology prose autobiography essay'The nuclear family has a bad literary rap. As we know from fiction and memoir, the traditional two-heterosexual-parents-and-biological-kids model, a structure that provides stability and nourishment for some, can also be a stricture, a disappointment, even a crucible of cruelty. The opening sentence of Anna Karenina notwithstanding, unhappiness is unhappiness; there are common experiences for the survivors of family difficulty, even when specifics differ.' (Introduction)
