Like a house on fire by cate kennedy7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a beautiful, devastating and ultimately hopeful collection which will be much admired by fans of Kennedy’s acclaimed short stories and novel The World Beneath. Thrumming with tension and full of fascinating and believable characters, Like a House on Fire explores the connections between people, particularly within families, honestly and unflinchingly. In ‘Laminex and Mirrors’, a young woman working as a cleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor’s orders. Stand-out stories include ‘Laminex and Mirrors’, in which a young girl who is saving up for a trip to Europe by working as a cleaner in a hospital strikes up an unlikely friendship with a patient ‘Like a House on Fire’, which tracks the personal frustration and pressure on a relationship following a workplace injury and ‘Seventy-two Derwents’, the heartbreaking story of a struggling family told through the remarkable voice of 12-year-old Tyler. In Like a House on Fire, Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies, injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. Spanning birth, marriage, death and all that falls in between, Kennedy dives into the private joys and sorrows of families and individuals. This comprehensive guide to the short story collection by Cate Kennedy contains detailed story and character analyses, and explores genre, structure, language. ![]() With her trademark evocative prose, Cate Kennedy exposes the almost uncomfortably familiar world of Australian domestic life through its many phases. Is a heartfelt and moving collection of short stories that cuts right to the emotional centre of everyday life. ![]()
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