Through the Lonesome Dark by Paddy Richardson
Published by Upstart Press, Trade Paperback, RRP $34.99
Blackball, West Coast, pre-World War I. Three youngsters;
Pansy, Clem and Otto. Life had an idyllic surface with a far from idyllic
underside for youngsters in this mining town. As a World War approaches, the
harsh realities become apparent – just because you are smart and motivated
there is no certainty that you can advance yourself in this world, especially
if you are a girl.
With a light hand on a dark time in history, Paddy
Richardson navigates the territory between Denniston Rose and Birdsong with
great skill. Characters you want to cry for battle on against themselves,
family, society and world events.
About the author:
Paddy Richardson is the author of five previous novels, The
Company of a Daughter, A Year to Learn a Woman, Hunting Blind, Traces of Red,
Cross Fingers, and Swimming in the Dark. She has also written two
collections of short stories, Choices and If I Were Lebanese.
Her writing has appeared in journals, anthologies, and on
radio, and she has been the recipient of the University of Otago Burns
Fellowship, the Beatson fellowship, the University of Otago/James Wallace
residency and the Foxton writer’s residency. Paddy has been a guest author at
the Leipzig and Frankfurt Book Fairs. She lives in Dunedin, where she writes
and teaches courses in creative writing.
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