Campbell Mattinson Campbell Mattinson i(A5664 works by)
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y separately published work icon We Were Not Men Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 21264982 2021 single work novel

'A novel that punches you in the heart: the powerful, unbearably moving and ultimately uplifting story of twin brothers, Jon and Eden, as they grow up and begin to understand what it is to be men, and what it takes to knit a fractured family back together.

''We were sons, we were brothers. I didn't know how to be either.'

'This is a story about love. About the love that nine-year-old twins Jon and Eden Hardacre have for their mum, for the creek that they swim in, for each other – this is the love that they trust, that's clear and pure as sunlight, as honey, as water.

'But in the wake of a terrible accident, the boys have to grow up fast. They compete with each other to make the Olympic Games swimming squad, fall in love with the same girl, and begin to realise how complicated love can be and how it doesn't always show itself in the ways that we expect.

'Heart-hammeringly original, intense and deeply moving, We Were Not Men is a powerhouse of a novel about all the various faces that love shows us and how sometimes, distracted by life, ambition or attraction, we take it for granted until it's too late – or almost too late. An unforgettable novel that pulses with grief, revelation, hope and love.'

Source : publisher's blurb

2022 shortlisted MUD Literary Prize
2022 shortlisted Indie Awards Debut Fiction
Onionskinny 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2003 2003; (p. 91-99) The Best Australian Stories : A Ten Year Collection 2011; (p. 211-217)
2003 second Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize
The Lure of Convenience 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , February vol. 6 no. 7 1995; (p. 76-78)
1994 winner The Independent Monthly Young Writer Award
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