Births Deaths and Marriages

A brutally honest account of love, marriage, families and death.

It wasn't until years later that I realized the obvious - the difference between us and the mythical normal family I was certain existed, was in fact the fiction. There is always so much more and it swims, shimmering beneath the surface, glittering with all the inherent contradictions of who we are, the changes that time brings and the very elusiveness of a life slipping through our fingers.

BIRTHS DEATHS MARRIAGES is about life and how we really live it. These true tales move from visits to nudist communes, to losing your virginity; to going to couples' counseling and coping with death in the family. From a bohemian childhood in the seventies to becoming a mother and a writer, Georgia Blain explores a new land - true life in all its extraordinary richness - taking us deep into the heart of how we love, learn, fail, and try to learn again.

Georgia Blain has published four novels: CLOSED FOR WINTER, CANDELO, THE BLIND EYE and NAMES FOR NOTHINGNESS. She was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Novelists in 1998, and has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Two of her novels have been optioned for feature films, including CLOSED FOR WINTER, which went into production as Elise in 2007. She has been published internationally, with her work appearing in publications such as Granta and The Independent Magazine.

Births Deaths and Marriages
Random House Australia
Author: Georgia Blain
ISBN: 9781741667486
RRP: $24.95