Tag: brisbane author

• boy swallows universe

  My whole self aches for Eli Bell, the young protagonist who navigates haphazardly through that time of life where parents are supposed to give us stability and care. Instead, Eli’s story includes a mute-by-choice brother (August), addicted and incarcerated parents, a murderer for a babysitter (Arthur ‘Slim’ Halliday), violent bullies as his play mates, a…

  Betty

  28th Mar 2020

  australian author, book reviews

  australian fiction, bettysbookclub, book review, boyswallowsuniverse, brisbane author, feature book, trentdalton

• eggshell skull

  Happy International Women’s Day! I’m sneaking a bonus book review in here to celebrate. Unlike the reader’s passive (and fictional) position in Maybe the Horse Will Talk, Eggshell Skull puts us in the seat of the sexual assault survivor, and it’s an eye-opening ride that I frankly could not wait to get off…

  Betty

  8th Mar 2020

  australian author, book reviews

  bri lee, brisbane author, eggshell skull, memoir