I’m a big fan of Helen Garner. Her latest book The Season is a beautiful portrait of the relationship with her son, his local football (AFL) season and their shared love of the Western Bulldogs team. She manages to write so beautifully about boys becoming men, suburbia, commitment to a football team and I don’t even follow Aussie Rules! Also, her true crime books, This House of Grief and Joe Cinques’ Consolation are astonishing. She is also set to write about the current Erin Patterson, Mushroom Poisoning case.
Totally agree. Such rare thing.. a progressive woman writing generously and insightfully about men as a mystery rather than a scourge. Worth checking out!
I’m a big fan of Helen Garner. Her latest book The Season is a beautiful portrait of the relationship with her son, his local football (AFL) season and their shared love of the Western Bulldogs team. She manages to write so beautifully about boys becoming men, suburbia, commitment to a football team and I don’t even follow Aussie Rules! Also, her true crime books, This House of Grief and Joe Cinques’ Consolation are astonishing. She is also set to write about the current Erin Patterson, Mushroom Poisoning case.
Thanks. Maybe I'll check it out
Totally agree. Such rare thing.. a progressive woman writing generously and insightfully about men as a mystery rather than a scourge. Worth checking out!
I still miss your voice on Twitter. I liked the biblical posts. Reminded me of IB Singer.
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Feels like you’re hitting your stride recently, keep it up, there’s gratitude for your work out here.
Thanks mate! Appreciated
The suicide anecdote is odd. There are very few handguns among the middle & upper classes in Australia. Even rifles are rare & heavily controlled
To be fair this is 1. a while ago and 2. started with the sentence "A journalist tells me a story she’s heard, perhaps ‘only’ an urban myth."
Always wanted to get around to reading Garner. Helen Andrews has recommended The First Stone a number of times.
This was my first…