Why She Loves Him

By: Wendy James

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Paperback | 1 May 2009

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These are tales of fugitive lives: dazzling portraits of women and men on the run; from their present, their past, their future – from themselves…

Here, finally, is the complete collection of short fiction from award-winning author Wendy James. Holding a discerning mirror to seemingly ordinary lives, James captures recurring themes of love, betrayal, passion and guilt to show just how vulnerable and intricate the human heart really is. Whether narrating from the living room of a contemporary marriage, from the wheel of a desperate getaway car, or while composing an elaborate diversion in 18th century Salzburg, James has the rare ability to wryly comment on humankind with unnerving clarity and precision.

About the Author

Wendy James is the author of six books, including The Mistake (2012) and Out of the Silence , which won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime fiction and was shortlisted for the Nita May Dobbie Award for women’s writing. She currently lives in Newcastle, New South Wales with her husband and two of their four children.

Industry Reviews

Felicity Plunkett -

Emotionally astute, vivid and eloquent, underpinned by eroticism, James’s fiction traces the contours of her characters’ lives as they grapple with responsibility, freedom, and love, propelled by multifarious desires. These fresh, sensuous stories are by turns witty, perceptive and coruscating, many with a delicious wry twist.

Bookseller and Publisher -

...absolutely amazing ... There is something for everyone in this fantastic book.

WHO Magazine -

From single page tales to the long sequence that ends the book, James's sure hand leads us through sometimes harrowing, sometimes redemptive moments in her beautifully rounded characters' lives.

Sara Dowse, Canberra Times -

...a penetrating picture of our life and times ... a knockout.

Robert Lumsden, Adelaide Review -

What quiet confidence, what an honest setting down of things as they are, nothing extenuating ... This is a gifted story-teller and these are unusually arresting stories.

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