Stephanie Buckle Stephanie Buckle i(A101072 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon Habits of Silence Stephanie Buckle , Braidwood : Finlay Lloyd , 2017 12136653 2017 selected work short story

'Afterwards, she couldn’t remember actually making a decision to steal from him. It was as if it had already been made, a long time ago, and simply awaited the opportunity.

'She didn’t, of course, call it stealing. As she slid the fifty dollar note into the pocket of her own jeans, and dropped the shirt into the washing machine—carried on, in fact, as if nothing had happened—she told herself that someone had to take some responsibility.

'The role of silence in the relationships of the people who populate this richly varied collection of stories is mirrored in the restraint of the writing that captures them. While the characters have all the difficulties communicating that we can recognise in our own lives, Buckle’s deceptively understated style reveals them with startling cumulative power.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 A Lovely Afternoon Stephanie Buckle , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 13 no. 3 2015;
1 Fifty Years Stephanie Buckle , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2011 2011; (p. 219-226)
1 Lillian and Meredith Stephanie Buckle , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2010 2010; (p. 172-179)
1 False Witness Stephanie Buckle , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 114 2008; (p. 118-127)
1 Acting the Part Stephanie Buckle , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 106 2006; (p. 106-114)
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