Vinyl Inside

You’re destined to fall in love with this quirky, bittersweet story of Elsie and Sterling and caravan park life in the ‘80s.

What happens when the daughter you thought you would never see again turns up twenty years later? Dania’s arrival at Splashes Caravan Park in search of her mother forces the novel’s loveable characters to face the reality of their lives and to come to terms with the nature of regret.

Brimming with delicious pop-culture references, this a story told with great warmth, humour and respect. Vinyl Inside is by turns hilarious, moving and unforgettable; a novel that allows us to feel affection for our past innocence and to ponder what has been lost and gained.

Rachel Matthews grew up in Shepparton, Victoria. She is a graduate of Deakin University (Bachelor of Arts), the University of Melbourne (Diploma of Education) and RMIT’s Professional Writing and Editing diploma course. She currently teaches VCE English and Media studies at the Distance Education Centre Victoria, a government school that provides flexible learning for students who can’t attend mainstream classrooms. Rachel has written stories, poems and has had articles published in EQ magazine. An earlier version of Vinyl Inside was commended in the 2003 Australian Vogel awards.