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'Nate Monk is Kieran's father. He's a single parent of a "differently wired" child, a talented musician who once stood on the cusp of success and a man resigned to a pragmatic life of responsibility over opportunity. Both share the scarred aftermath of the Infernal Day.
'On a perfect autumn April noon five-and-a-half years before, wife and mother Felicity died saving her only child from a raging house fire. Although Kieran's inadvertent hand was complicit in the tragedy, Nate refused to apportion blame. The tragic circumstances of the blaze, however, constituted a secret that a fearful father dared not share with his "different" son.
'But now, as the burning forests of nearby Pendarra Hill fill the sky with smoke and the TV screen with concern, Kieran will discover the devastating truth. And driven by a desire to make amends for the "stupid little kid" of half a decade before, he will disappear into the night.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For W, for C, and especially for J
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Epigraph: Fire is never a gentle master. Proverb
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Autism. Type of character Primary. Point of view First person (alternating POVs).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: InCite , September vol. 31 no. 9 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 August 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Well Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 July 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of The Grand Hotel : A Novel 2010 single work novel ; Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Fire and Family
Toni Whitmont
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 45) -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Kindling 2010 single work novel
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Burning Desire for Authenticity
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 - 11 July 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Well Read
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 July 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of The Grand Hotel : A Novel 2010 single work novel ; Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 August 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: InCite , September vol. 31 no. 9 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Kindling 2010 single work novel -
Fire and Family
Toni Whitmont
(interviewer),
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 45)