G1034 Book Review of The hope fault by Tracy Farr
Name of Book: The Hope Fault Author: Tracy Farr ISBN: 9781910709436 Publisher: Aardvark Bureau Type of book: Australia, last 100 years, life, family, complexity, relationships, first love, shifting roles, science, role of science, weekend, selling house, party, secrets Year it was published: 2018 Summary: Iris’s family – her ex-husband with his new wife and baby; her son, and her best friend’s daughter – gather to pack up their holiday house. They are there for one last time, one last weekend, and one last party – but in the course of this weekend, their connections will be affirmed, and their frailties and secrets revealed – to the reader at least, if not to each other. The Hope Fault is a novel about extended family: about steps and exes and fairy godmothers; about parents and partners who are missing, and the people who replace them. Characters: There are no villainous characters, and there are no perfect characters,but instead these are people and no...