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Indigenous artists have deliberately embraced “deadly” as a mark of praise. They might describe a well-known comedian, such as proud Yidinji woman Steph Tisdall, as “deadly funny”, for instance – a mark of respect deeper for recognising, in the same breath, the grim and continuing toll of colonisation on First Nations people. Tisdell’s first stab at a novel follows Layla, an ambitious year 12 student steering through the usual minefield of intellectual, social and sexual awakening.
Narrated in alternating chapters by Clare, Aaron and Cady, what the novel lacks in style it makes up for in pace, accessibility, and psychological astuteness.Ines Geipel, a former East German Olympic sprinter, not only takes us behind the Berlin Wall and life growing up in the German Democratic Republic during the 1960s and 1970s, but also lifts the rug on her own family.
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