The 13 stories in this debut collection showcase a writing that is deeply personal, strikingly feminine, heartbreakingly beautiful, at times fearless and confronting, and frequently hilarious.
Whether tackling a troubled marriage using an action figure of Sigmund Freud, celebrating the apparent triumph of weight loss, or coping with the stresses of balancing a career with motherhood, the joys and frustrations of our lives are laid bare.
Karen Hitchcock's often painfully honest observations are balanced by a wry humour and sharp wit. And with stories encompassing growing up, love, betrayal, sex, marriage, self-image, and our relationships with family, friends and food, there are few women (and the odd man) who will not recognise themselves in these tales.
NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2010: New Writing Shortlist
Little White Slips
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Picador
The 13 stories in this debut collection showcase a writing that is deeply personal, strikingly feminine, heartbreakingly beautiful, at times fearless and confronting, and frequently hilarious.
Whether tackling a troubled... Buy or find out more →
Siddon Rock
$24.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
When Macha Connor came home from the war she walked into town as naked as the day she was born, except for well-worn and shining boots, a dusty slouch hat, and the .303 rifle she held across her waist.' Macha patrols Sid... Buy or find out more →
Things We Didn't See Coming
$24.95 – Paperback book / Sleepers Publishing
It’s the anxious eve of the millennium. The car is packed to capacity, and as midnight approaches, a family flees the city in a fit of panic and paranoid, conflicting emotions.
The ensuing journey spans decades and off... Buy or find out more →
Hollywood Ending
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Text Publishing
Set in a glamorous and seedy Los Angeles, Hollywood Ending is a story that will make your heart skip a beat.
Pink-haired Hilda and endearing punk Benji are two seventeen year olds with an obsessive hobby — they haunt the... Buy or find out more →
The Ice Age
$27.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing
A teenage girl is in the passenger seat; the driver is an older man. As they criss-cross America, destined for who knows where, she watches him and wants…what he is, what he has. She sees the black looks and knowing smil... Buy or find out more →
Document Z
$23.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
A masterful, taut and atmospheric novel of political espionage and intrigue, telling the story of the Petrov defection during the Cold War of the 1950s. Winner of the 2008 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award.
Evdokia kne... Buy or find out more →
