Jennifer Dabbs

This young adults book was a much easier read. It tells the story of Anthea, a 17 year old living in Melbourne with her flighty mother. Anthea takes off to Sydney to live with her Grandmother who is turning her old house into a boarding house. Anthea takes up a job at a book store, and makes friends with a local busker.

The main character is interesting, especially her relationship with her mother. Some of the secondary characters bugged me, it felt like we spent too much time worrying about the young dancer's drug problem, and the young actress's men, rather than looking at the more interesting book store owner, and the time Anthea spent there. It isn't one of the best Australian young adult books I've read, but it was an interesting sotry that made me want to know some more.… (more)