About the Book:
Holed up in a tiny flat during a Sydney summer American Adam, weary activist Graeme and wild Katie are each searching for life's biggest questions: why are we here; what is love; what constitutes betrayal and over an intense two-week period they begin to form answers and in doing so confront their darkest demons.

About Emily Maguire:
Emily Maguire (born 1976) is an Australian novelist and journalist.

Her first novel, Taming the Beast (2004), was nominated for the Dylan Thomas Prize and received a Special Commendation in the Kathleen Mitchell Awards. The novel aroused controversy for its graphic depiction of a sexual relationship between a young woman and her high school teacher. Her second novel, The Gospel According to Luke (2007) is an account of a relationship between a young Christian pastor and an atheist abortion clinic worker, and deals with the theme of religious terrorism. It was also awarded a special commendation in the 2008 Kathleen Mitchell Awards.

This book has a lot to live up to as the 3rd of Emily Maguire's novels.
Choosing the issues to tackle of depression, anxiety, and suicidal intentions as her subject for this book is certainly gutsy and plucky to say the least.
Once again though, she pulls it off in exceptional style.
There is definitely a new softness to her characters in this novel than I have seen in the other 2. I believe her style of characters came about from her suffering a stroke mid way through writing the novel, as I have read that after her stroke she came back to the draft and found it somewhat ‘cold’.
Whatever the reason, I found this novel to be her best yet.
I look forward to reading her 4th novel 'Fishing for Tigers' in the near future.

Passed this one on to my sister, who is also a BC member: babydoll857