Cirrus@Austlit

The Turning comprises seventeen overlapping stories of second thoughts and mid-life regret set in the brooding small-town world of coastal Western Australia. Here are turnings of all kinds - changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours - where people struggle against the terrible weight of the past and challenge the lives they've made for themselves.

These elegiac stories examine the darkness and frailty of ordinary people and celebrate the moments when the light shines through.

'It was dark when they rolled into White Point, and nobody had anything to say. They all knew why they were hours late but with Nanna in the vehicle everyone was silent. Vic squirmed in his seat and sighed again, despite himself. '  (Introduction)