Like a House on Fire

By Cate Kennedy

Book Overview

From prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots . In Like a House on Fire , Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies, injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. In 'Laminex and Mirrors', a young woman working as a cleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor's orders. In 'Cross-Country', a jilted lover manages to misinterpret her ex's new life. And in 'Ashes', a son accompanies his mother on a journey to scatter his father's remains, while lifelong resentments simmer in the background. Cate Kennedy's poignant short stories find the beauty and tragedy in illness and mortality, life and love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922070068
• ISBN13: 9781922070067
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Scribe Us
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher