Imbi Neeme Imbi Neeme i(13907418 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 2 y separately published work icon Kind of, Sort of, Maybe, But Probably Not Imbi Neeme , Melbourne : Viking , 2024 27049736 2024 single work novel

'A charming, nostalgic, quirky, uplifting novel of people young and old finding their tribe, gaining courage to be themselves and perhaps falling in love, too.

'Librarian Phoebe Cotton lives with misophonia. The sound of other people crunching an apple, slurping their tea or snapping chewing gum fills her with a rage that she buries deep within.

'Mortified by her 'Not Quite Right' brain, she hides away inside 6 Salmon Street, the family home that her formidable grandmother Dorothy has abandoned for a more convivial life at the Western Retreat Retirement Village. But when Phoebe begins receiving mysterious postcards in the mail, she slowly, but surely, finds herself being pulled back out into the world and towards Monty, the sweet postal clerk.

'Across town, Suze, a university student with a high distinction in study avoidance, is clinging to the hope that the neglectful J might actually be her boyfriend. When J's attention turns to Ky and her (un)art ways, it sets Suze on a path that leads her to 6 Salmon Street and Phoebe Cotton.

'Together, Phoebe, Suze and Monty go on a mission to solve the mystery of the postcards but end up finding much, much more, including acceptance, strength and love . . . maybe even for her grandmother Dorothy.' (Publication summary)

1 What I’m Reading Imbi Neeme , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020;
1 [Extract] The Spill Imbi Neeme , 2020 extract novel (The Spill)
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , July 2020;

'This week we’re delighted to bring you an extract from Imbi Neeme’s debut The Spill, winner of the 2019 Penguin Literary Prize and published just last month. It’s an absorbing novel about two sisters, and how differently each remembers the past.' (Introduction)

3 4 y separately published work icon The Spill Imbi Neeme , Melbourne : Viking , 2020 19143795 2020 single work novel

'In 1982, a car overturns on a remote West Australian road. Nobody is hurt, but the impact is felt for decades.

'Nicole and Samantha Cooper both remember the summer day when their mother, Tina, lost control of their car – but not in quite the same way. It is only after Tina’s death, almost four decades later, that the sisters are forced to reckon with the repercussions of the crash. Nicole, after years of aimless drifting, has finally found love, and yet can’t quite commit. And Samantha is hiding something that might just tear apart the life she’s worked so hard to build for herself.

'The Spill explores the cycles of love, loss and regret that can follow a family through the years – moments of joy, things left unsaid, and things misremembered. Above all, it is a deeply moving portrait of two sisters falling apart and finding a way to fit back together.'

Source: publisher's blurb

1 The Mountains of Oregon Imbi Neeme , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology 2019 2019; (p. 5-8)
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