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'When someone is taken away, what is left behind?
'All her life, Till has lived in the shadow of the abduction of a childhood friend and her tormented wondering about whether she could have stopped it.
'When Till, now twenty-three, senses danger approaching again, she flees her past and the hovering presence of her fearful parents. In Wirowie, a town on its knees, she stops and slowly begins creating a new life and home. But there is something menacing here too. Till must decide whether she can finally face down, even pursue, the darkness - or whether she'll flee once more and never stop running.
'Both a reckoning with fear and loss, and a recognition of the power of belonging, Days of Innocence and Wonder is a richly textured, deeply felt new novel from one of Australia's finest writers.' (Publication summary)
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Author's note: For the children, always missed, always loved.
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- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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‘Long-ago Man’ : A Thorough Exploration of Character
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January - February no. 461 2024; (p. 41)
— Review of Days of Innocence and Wonder 2023 single work novel 'Through the gates of a kindergarten in Melbourne’s inner-north, a man strikes up a conversation with two little girls, which violently alters the course of their lives. The bolder of the pair, a child who ‘runs at life’, goes with him. The meeker stays behind, becoming the serial predator’s only known survivor.' (Introduction) -
Lucy Treloar : Days of Innocence and Wonder
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 18-24 November 2023;
— Review of Days of Innocence and Wonder 2023 single work novel'Lucy Treloar’s third novel begins with two small girls playing together in a fenced kindergarten. They crush flowers into perfume and promise always to love each other. A man appears at the fence and, when he leaves, he takes one of the girls. The “outside-the-fence” girl turns and waves to the girl who remains, then skips ahead “into darkness”.' (Introduction)
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Lucy Treloar : Days of Innocence and Wonder
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 18-24 November 2023;
— Review of Days of Innocence and Wonder 2023 single work novel'Lucy Treloar’s third novel begins with two small girls playing together in a fenced kindergarten. They crush flowers into perfume and promise always to love each other. A man appears at the fence and, when he leaves, he takes one of the girls. The “outside-the-fence” girl turns and waves to the girl who remains, then skips ahead “into darkness”.' (Introduction)
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‘Long-ago Man’ : A Thorough Exploration of Character
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January - February no. 461 2024; (p. 41)
— Review of Days of Innocence and Wonder 2023 single work novel 'Through the gates of a kindergarten in Melbourne’s inner-north, a man strikes up a conversation with two little girls, which violently alters the course of their lives. The bolder of the pair, a child who ‘runs at life’, goes with him. The meeker stays behind, becoming the serial predator’s only known survivor.' (Introduction)
