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Fiction
by Francesca Sasnaitis
December 2011–January 2012, no. 337

Inherited  by Amanda Curtin

UWA Publishing, $26.95 pb, 227 pp, 9781742582931

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Inheritance is either a burden or a blessing in this selection of Amanda Curtin’s short stories. Strung like beads under evocative headings, each story addresses an aspect of love, loss, grief, or desire, and reveals Curtin’s capacity for empathetic characterisation.

 


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Inherited  by Amanda Curtin

UWA Publishing, $26.95 pb, 227 pp, 9781742582931

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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