A mother fights selfishly with her daughter’s lover, watching the curry stain on her lip quiver with rage … A woman returns to the lake where memories of her childhood create a vivid contrast to the present … A woman, alone aside from her cat, watches the shadows ripple across floorboards as labor contractions build … A totem tennis pole becomes the final stand for a housewife … A train trip provides a powerful opportunity for a different life.
Each of them detailed and beatifuly scripted, with descriptions that infuse the scene in your mind and linguistically relax and tantilise.
Sue Oaks is a commended Australian emerging writer. Her short stories have been published by Ginninderra Press, Australian Roadside Services and MetaPlume Corporation.
