In prose that sparkles with wit, shocks with insight, and beguiles with the air of legend, these seven stories take the reader from post-apocalyptic Tasmania to the tragedy of surrogate pregnancy in the 1950s. Loss of species, the whims of publishers, the question of Islam in regional Australia - these are among the subjects Carmel Bird addresses in her characteristic probing style.
Carmel Bird's stories are dark, intriguing and yet always delightful.
-ANDY GRIFFITHS
As you'd expect, Bird's beautiful stories soar, though never into a realm you could anticipate.
-DEBRA ADELAIDE
Hands down, Carmel Bird is to my mind the best living short story writer in the country.
-MATTHEW CONDON
