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'There are many grief holes.
'There's the grief hole you fall into when a loved one dies.
'There's another grief hole in all of us; small or large, it determines how much we want to live.
'And there are the places, the physical grief holes, which attract suicides to their centre.
'Sol Evictus, a powerful, charismatic singer, sends a young artist into The Grief Hole to capture the faces of the teenagers dying there. When she inevitably dies herself, her cousin Theresa resolves to stop this man so many love.
'Theresa sees ghosts; she knows how you'll die by the spirits haunting you. If you'll drown, she'll see drowned people. Most often she sees battered women, because she works to find emergency housing for abused women.
'She sees no ghosts around Sol Evictus but she doesn't let that stop her. Her passion to help, to be a saint, drives her to find a way to destroy him.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: For my sister and her godson.
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In November 2020, a feature-film adaptation, by Joshua Koske, was funded by Screen Canberra (Source: https://www.screencanberra.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CBR-FUND-10-MADE-IN-CBR-2-Media-release.pdf)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Grief Hole
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 119 2019;
— Review of The Grief Hole 2016 single work novel
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[Review] The Grief Hole
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 119 2019;
— Review of The Grief Hole 2016 single work novel
Awards
- 2018 finalist Norma K. Hemming Award — Long Work
- 2017 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
- 2017 winner ACT Writing and Publishing Awards — Fiction
- 2016 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Novel
- 2016 winner Australian Shadows Award — Novel