![]() She is an award-winning short-story writer whose work has been published widely. ‘Cate Kennedy is a singular artist who looks to the ordinary in a small rural community and is particularly astute on exploring the fallout left by the aftermath of the personal disasters that change everything.’ The Irish Times Read moreĬate Kennedy is the author of the highly acclaimed novel The World Beneath, which won the People’s Choice Award in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in 2010. ‘This is a heartfelt and moving collection of short stories that cuts right to the emotional centre of everyday life.’ Bookseller and Publisher Tragedy in illness and mortality, life and love. Cate Kennedy’s poignant short stories find the beauty and ![]() ![]() Scatter his father’s remains, while lifelong resentments simmer in theīackground. And in ‘Ashes’, a son accompanies his mother on a journey to ‘Cross-Country’, a jilted lover manages to misinterpret her ex’s new In ‘Laminex and Mirrors’, a young woman working as aĬleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor’s orders. Ironies, injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of In Like a House onįire, Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ![]() WINNER OF THE 2013 STEELE RUDD AWARD, QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDSįrom prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a newĬollection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. ![]()
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