My name is Herbert Badgery. David Metzenthen's lost boys, with their strong capacity for survival, stand by me, too. His passion, however, makes him appear three metres high and two across, although he's just a slip of a boy. David Metzenthen's novels are huge with positive, strong characters. He is always a memorable read.
Great characters breathe life into plots.
Without them, stories would be just that. Moments quickly forgotten having served a temporary sense of purpose. My memory of the plot will fade, but I will feel her presence like an icy wind. The book's plot grows in parallel. There are filo-layers of understanding of Anna and her story with each headed section.