Carmel Reilly Carmel Reilly i(8642085 works by)
Gender: Female
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Australian playwright.

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y separately published work icon Life Before Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 15521203 2019 single work novel thriller

'Lori Spyker is taking her kids to school one unremarkable day when a policeman delivers the news that her brother, Scott Green, has been injured and hospitalised following a hit and run. Lori hasn't seen Scott in decades. She appears to be his only contact. Should she take responsibility for him? Can she? And, if she does, how will she tell her own family about her hidden history, kept secret for so long? Twenty years before, when she and Scott were teenagers, their lives and futures, and those of their family, had been torn to shreds. Now, as Lori tries to piece together her brother's present, she is forced to confront their shared past—and the terrible and devastating truth buried there that had driven them so far apart.

'Compassionate, wise and shocking, Life Before tells the gripping story of an ordinary family caught in a terrible situation. What if the worst thing you can imagine isn't the worst thing to happen? How do you go on? And what steps will you take to protect yourself from further pain?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Davitt Award Best Debut
2020 shortlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
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