This week I’ve been enjoying these Faber shorts. They’re easy to devour in one sitting and provide an undemanding read for a busy mind. I’ve become a little addicted to them. Some brief thoughts on these four: Homeland by Barbara Kingsolver – A surprisingly deep story about family heritage and culture within a context of … Continue reading Faber Stories: Four Brief Reviews| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton’s sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday. After two separate catastrophes, two very different families leave the country for the bright lights of Perth. … Continue reading Cloudstreet by Tim Winton| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: The astonishing story of one family swept up in the tides of the twentieth century, ranging from post-war Japan to suburban America and the North Korean regime One evening, ten-year-old Louisa and her father take a walk out on the breakwater. They are spending the summer in a coastal Japanese town while … Continue reading Book Review: Flashlight by Susan Choi| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Claire Keegan’s mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victor Deegan, with his ‘three teenagers, the milking and the mortgage’. When Deegan finds a gun dog and gives it as a present to his only daughter, his wife is filled with foreboding … Continue reading Short Story Review: The Forester’s Daughter by Claire Keegan| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Set against the wild backdrop of an intense heatwave in Europe, this is a story about sibling relationships – what holds a family together and what might fracture it forever. …| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Charlie, a prime-time radio producer in her early thirties, has always had a big group of friends – until she left her husband, and they all sided with him. Now she finds herself fl…| Theresa Smith Writes
Vera and Thea are mother and daughter. Vera writes for the internet: she constructs identities and scenarios for brands to cater to the ideal consumer. Yet she also consumes the offerings of the on…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: It is 1987, and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband intends for her to follow a long-stand…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Broome 2023: when Saskia’s free-spirited mother leaves her a caravan in her will, it doesn’t make sense. Saskia is a schoolteacher, tied to plans and schedules, even if they are beg…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: WINNER OF THE 2025 MUD LITERARY PRIZE Missing in every sense of the word, a man walks into the landscape and doesn’t stop. In all weather and across all kinds of terrain, Ingv…| Theresa Smith Writes
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book free of charge for review purposes only. Receipt of a book does not guarantee a review or endorsement. Annie is heavily pregnant and shopping in Ikea when an earthquake hits Portland. It’s...| Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book free of charge for review purposes only. Receipt of a book does not guarantee a review or endorsement. When Jane presents herself at Dr Byrd’s office, she is reluctant to talk about... The post The Strange Case of Jane O. appeared first on Curiosity Killed the Bookworm.| Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
About the Book: WINNER OF THE 2024 MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR Hera Stephen is clawing through her mid-twenties, working as an underpaid comment moderator in an overly air-conditi…| Theresa Smith Writes
