Springtime
Subtitle: a ghost story
By: Michelle de Kretser
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Crows Nest
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9781760111212
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Fiction
Other titles: Spring time
Description: "Picking up her pace, Frances saw a woman in the leaf-hung depths of the garden. She wore a long pink dress and a wide hat, and her skin was a creamy white. There came upon Frances a sensation that sometimes overtook her when she was looking at a painting: space was foreshortened, time stood still." When Frances met Charlie at a party in Melbourne he was married with a young son. Now she and Charlie live in Sydney with her rescue dog Rod and an unshakeable sense that they have tipped the world on its axis. They are still getting their bearings - of each other and of their adopted city. Everything is alien, unfamiliar, exotic: haunting, even. Worlds of meaning spin out of perfectly chosen words in this rare, beguiling and brilliant ghost story by Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning writer Michelle de Kretser.