Description
In a landscape of shifting loyalties and uneasy survival, two siblings—thirteen-year-old Jesse and his younger sister Rachel—are pulled into a “real-life purgatory” after their mother Gwen drags them across south-eastern Australia. When Jesse discovers a stash of cash and a gun, he realizes the men around them are involved in something dangerous and illegal, and that staying put could be fatal. Forced to navigate fear, loyalty, and the thin line between protection and exploitation, the children make a desperate run toward whatever safety they can imagine. With Tony Birch’s sharp, unsentimental storytelling and a focus on displacement, moral ambiguity, and the cost of being trapped between worlds, this is a tense, emotionally charged journey into survival and the search for agency.
Available Editions
paperback
University of Queensland Press
Published Jan 1, 2024
ISBN: 9780702265983
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Details
First Published
2011
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Blood by Tony Birch.