\u003ci\u003eSomething Special, Something Rare\u003c/i\u003e presents outstanding short fiction by Australiaâs finest female writers. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sleepy town is gripped by delusory grief after the movie being filmed there wraps and leaves. A lingering heartbreak is replayed on Facebook. An ordinary family walks a shaky line between hopelessness and redemption. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Grenville * Mandy Sayer * Penni Russon * Favel Parrett * Tegan Bennett Daylight * Sonya Hartnett * Isabelle Li * Gillian Essex * Brenda Walker * Gillian Mears * Fiona MacFarlane * Joan London * Karen Hitchcock * Charlotte Wood * Tara June Winch * Cate Kennedy * Alice Pung * Anna Krien * Delia Falconer * Rebekah Clarkson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eâThis collection is a fantastic line-up of some of Australiaâs best writers who simply happen to be women ⦠the themes explored are as wide-ranging and eclectic as the writers.â â\u003ci\u003eSunday Age\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eâAll the stories here justify that use of âout-standingâ in the collectionâs subtitle. If pushed to choose one standout, for me it is Favel Parrettâs âLebanonâ, which in its three pages manages to convey more emotion than some stories do in 300 ⦠This beautiful meditation on loss and belonging evokes the Australian tyranny of distance and is a fine example what the short-story form can achieve.â â\u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eâPerfect fodder for a Sunday arvo on the couch, these charming, funny, touching short stories from well-known Australian female writers are what winter was made for.â â\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eâA wonderful selection ⦠the strength of the collection is that it doesnât define the Australian woman writer as a particular situation and includes writers from various social and cultural backgrounds.â â\u003ci\u003eArtshub\u003c/i\u003e
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