Too Close To Home

Too Close To Home

Freya writes uncomfortable domestic dramas. Her friends work in theatre and film, show in galleries, talk politics and are trying new ways of having children with friends. These are the people who are slowly gentrifying the next ring of inner-city suburbs while praising their diversity.

As the stultifying heat of summer descends, Shane, an Aboriginal man, moves up the road. He was once close to Matt, Freya's partner, and he not only brings with him a different approach to life, he also has news of a boy who might be Matt's son. Despite wanting toembrace all that Shane represents and the possibility of another child in their life, Freya and Matt stumble, failing each other and their beliefs.

Georgia Blain has published five novels: Closed For Winter, Candelo, The Blind Eye, Names For Nothingness and the young adult novel DarkWater. 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 was filmed as Elise in 2007. She has been published internationally, with her work appearing in publications such as Granta and The Independent Magazine. Her most recent book for adults Births Deaths Marriages was shortlisted for the Nita B Kibble Award in 2009.

Her latest novel, Too Close To Home, will be published in May. Set in an inner city suburb of Sydney at the time of Kevin Rudd's overthrow, it takes us right into the heart of a relationship turned upside down by the clash of the personal and the political.

Too Close To Home
Random House Australia
Author: Georgia Blain
ISBN: 9781864711776
Price: $32.95