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The Danger Game Main Edition
Author(s): Kalinda Ashton (Author)
- Publisher: Tindal Street
- Publication Date: 3 Mar. 2011
- Edition: Main
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 190699417X
- ISBN-13: 9781906994174
Book Description
‘The danger game is not a winning game . . .’ Alice and Louise are sisters united by a distant tragedy – the house fire fourteen years ago which their brother lit and burned to death in. Alice teaches dirt-poor students at a state high school that the government wants to close, while pursuing a relationship with a married man. Louise, a habitual liar and recovering heroin addict, has been playing a game of dares – ‘the danger game’ – with herself since she was a child, and she now can’t stop. When they reunite in Melbourne to unravel the truth about their twin brother’s death, and seek out the mother who abandoned them as children, they’re forced to face the danger of their family’s past.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Psychologically curious and sensitive, yet politcally aware, Ashton’s style is spare and straightforward, looking the reader in the eye.’ –Glasgow Herald
About the Author
Kalinda Ashton was born in Melbourne in 1978. She has been involved in student, union and community campaigns. She is an associate editor of Overland magazine, and a teacher of writing and editing. The Danger Game Main Edition is her first novel.
