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'Tally and Grace are teenage sisters living on the outskirts of society, dragged from one no-hope town to the next by their fugitive father. When an explosion rips their lives apart, they flee separately to the city.
The girls had always imagined that beyond the remote regions lay another, brighter world: glamorous, promising, full of luck. But as each soon discovers, if you arrive there broke, homeless and alone, the city is a dangerous place — a place where commerce and surveillance rule, and undocumented people like themselves are confined to life's shady margins. Now Tally and Grace must struggle to find each other — or just to survive.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For my family with love and gratitude.
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Epigraph:The eyes cannot be guilty of tresspass.
-Old English law
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
-Robert Frost, 'Acquainted with the Night' -
Near-future dystopian fiction.
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The Year's Work in Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 57 no. 1 2012; (p. 137-152)
— Review of When We Have Wings 2011 single work novel ; Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story ; Sarah Thornhill 2011 single work novel ; The Waterboys 2011 single work novel ; Traitor 2010 single work novel ; Inherited 2011 selected work short story ; The Courier's New Bicycle 2011 single work novel ; That Deadman Dance 2010 single work novel ; The Street Sweeper 2011 single work novel ; Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; Black Glass 2010 single work novel ; The Cook 2011 single work novel ; Wild History 1996 single work poetry ; A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel -
Shelf Life : Science Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 13 September 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel -
Cover Book : Black Glass
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 15)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel -
Dazzling on a Dark Fringe
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 April 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel -
Dark Vision of Future Melbourne
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 February 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel -
Horrors on the Horizon for the Surveillance State
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 February 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel -
Small Acts of Kindness Relieve a Cruel World
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 March 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 329 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of Black Glass 2010 single work novel
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted Chronos Awards — Best Long Fiction
- 2012 finalist Norma K. Hemming Award
- 2012 highly commended Barbara Jefferis Award
- 2011 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Best Novel
- 2011 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Best Novel
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