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Vertigo: A Novella

by Amanda Lohrey

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Luke and Anna decide on a sea-change. They leave the city, fleeing a past and a future that fill them with fear. On the coast they discover a natural world that is both destructive and renewing and when events sweep them up, they must confront what they have tried to put behind them.
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It doesn’t take long to read this novella – only an hour or so – but it certainly leaves an impact, especially so soon after the Victorian bushfires on Black Saturday.

Luke and Anna are thirtysomethings from Sydney who make a tree change, settling in the coastal hamlet of Garra Nalla. There they leave behind the pressures of city life and mild envy of more successful friends with large mortgages and share portfolios to monitor....
For more, see http://anzlitlovers.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/vertigo-by-amanda-lohrey-beware-spo... ( )
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Luke and Anna decide on a sea-change. They leave the city, fleeing a past and a future that fill them with fear. On the coast they discover a natural world that is both destructive and renewing and when events sweep them up, they must confront what they have tried to put behind them.

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Penguin Australia

2 editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.

Editions: 1863953191, 1863954309

 

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