'We are where we are because of resilience' — Larissa Behrendt's book about grief, family and literary travel
The Book Show
English - July 05, 2021 00:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Indigenous author Larissa Behrendt questioned whether to include a First Nations lawyer in her latest novel, but she says it felt more authentic given it's a world she knows intimately. Her novel, After Story, explores grief, family and literary travel.
Also, Kim Scott on the legacies of history that have inspired his works and Alice Pung's first novel for adults, One Hundred Days, is about a pregnant teenager and her controlling mother.