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The Correct Name of Things single work short story

Author:agent Cate Kennedy

Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Correct Name of Things

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Alternative title: The Correct Names of Things

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y Redoubt no. 28 1999 Z598551 1999 periodical issue 1999
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1999
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pg. 31-36
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y Dark Roots Cate Kennedy , Carlton North : Scribe , 2006 Z1302088 2006 selected work short story (taught in 1 units) Abstract

'In these sublimely sophisticated tales, Cate Kennedy opens up worlds of finely observed detail. Her stories are populated by people at tipping points in their lives — moments that find them poised between a familiar past and an unfamiliar future. In ‘The Testosterone Club’, a neglected wife plans an unsavoury revenge on her boorish husband. In ‘Resize’, a married couple realise their too-tight wedding rings may symbolise wider aspects of their relationship. And in ‘Cold Snap’, a young boy senses that the newly arrived tree changer may have some sinister intents. Heartbreaking, evocative and richly comic, Dark Roots unveils the traumas that incite us to desperate measures, and the coincidences that drive our lives.' (Publication summary)

Carlton North : Scribe , 2006
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2006
)
pg. 142-153
Note: With title: The Correct Names of Things

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1998 joint second University of Canberra National Short Story Competition — Open Section

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