Kate Grenville / Bushfire -- Mandy Sayer / The meaning of life -- Penni Russon / All that we know of dreaming -- Favel Parrett / Lebanon -- Tegan Bennett Daylight / Jaime Rose -- Sonya Hartnett / Any dog -- Isabelle Li / A Chinese affair -- Gillian Essex / One of the girls -- Brenda Walker / That vain word no -- Gillian Mears / La Moustiquaire -- Fiona MacFarlane / The movie people -- Joan London / The new dark age -- Karen Hitchcock / Forging friendship -- Charlotte Wood / Honeymoon -- Tara June Winch / Cloud busting -- Cate Kennedy / White spirit -- Alice Pung / Letter to A -- Anna Krien / Flicking the flint -- Delia Falconer / The intimacy of the table -- Rebekah Clarkson / Something special, something rare.
Summary:
Something special, something rare... Drawn from over a decade of Best Australian Stories, this collection presents outstanding short fiction by the country's finest female writers. Including tales of love, family, heartbreak and joy, it showcases the strength and diversity of writing by Australian women. From the dramatic to the hilarious, these stories will enchant, move and delight the reader.
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