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The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain
The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain







The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain

After all, words can make us laugh, cry, think, hope, dream, rage - but they have no meaning unless they are shared. Mostly, it’s about other people’s words and how I’ve responded to them: what other people have written, how their words make me feel, what they make me think. ‘Twenty-One Words’ is a blog about books and birds and words. PRAISE FOR GEORGIA BLAIN ' elegant, intelligent and affecting novel from a writer at the height of her powers.' The Saturday Paper 'Like all her novels, Between a Wolf and a Dog explores the often unarticulated complexities of the intersection of the personal and the political with exquisite grace and intelligence.‘The words fell in strange and awkward shapes they fell on me and into me,Īnd I was surprised how soothing they were.’įrom ‘What the Light Hides’, by Mette Jakobsen

The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain

Ultimately, it is a joyous tribute to the beauty of being alive. Taking place largely over one rainy day in Sydney, and rendered with the evocative and powerful prose Blain is known for, Between a Wolf and a Dog is a celebration of the best in all of us - our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art. Meanwhile, April is struggling through her own directionless life Lawrence's reckless past decisions are catching up with him and Ester and April's mother, Hilary, is about to make a choice that will profoundly affect them all. Estranged from both her sister, April, and her ex-husband, Lawrence, Ester wants to fall in love again. She spends her days helping others find happiness, but her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Ester is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the anxieties of the middle class: loneliness, relationships, death.

The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain

WINNER OF THE 2017 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE 2016 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 STELLA PRIZE Outside, the rain continues unceasing silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowly softens with the dawn.









The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain