![]() She does so in the same frank and clear voice she uses throughout these essays that range from memories (a rare book from girlhood) to reviews (of films and personalities, from United 93 to the complete films of Russell Crowe) to searches for meaning in her quotidian experiences (she invariably finds something). She writes frankly about her youthful indiscretions, failed marriages, temper (she goes off on a teenage girl taunting older women), and ignorance about certain subjects (ballet, for example). One of the first things readers new to Garner ( The House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial, 2015, etc.) will notice is her candor. ![]() A veteran Australian novelist and essayist returns with a motley, spirited collection of pieces dating back more than a decade. ![]()
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