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The problematic but enduring appeal of a child’s voice
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For a first novel,
A Million Things has a great deal of support from its publisher. Text Publishing’s website is offering notes for teachers and book clubs. The testimonials include praise from Graeme Simsion, who calls it “a gem of a novel”.
The story is of Rae, a 10-year-old girl living in Melbourne’s western suburbs. It is apparent from the first pages that her mother is missing and Rae goes to extraordinary lengths to conceal this. She is portrayed as a remarkably resilient and intelligent child who employs a series of elaborate subterfuges to try to cover up her mother’s absence. The plot concerns Rae’s plight and her ways of surviving in a world in which truth is harsh; just how harsh is the main burden of the novel’s pro ....

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