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Drowning in Detail

Jetty Road by Cath Kenneally

Jetty Road by Cath Kenneally

Wakefield Press, $24.95 pb, 378 pp

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Cath Kenneally’s second novel, Jetty Road, is set in the beachside suburb of Glenelg, South Australia. Her subject is the relationship between two sisters in early middle age, and the narrative is fabricated from the daily happenings of their lives. Evie, the older sister by several years, has no children and ekes out a living in a number of part-time jobs as a child-care worker. Paula, matron of an aged care home, has two children: Bert, aged nineteen, and Rosie, six. Neither of the sisters is married.

 


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Jetty Road

Jetty Road by Cath Kenneally

Wakefield Press, $24.95 pb, 378 pp

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


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