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Briohny Doyle in conversation with James Bradley

Thu, 16 Sept

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Better Read Than Dead - upstairs

Join us as Briohny Doyle and James Bradley discuss what could drive a mother to do the unthinkable!

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Briohny Doyle in conversation with James Bradley
Briohny Doyle in conversation with James Bradley

Time & Location

16 Sept 2021, 6:30 pm

Better Read Than Dead - upstairs, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia

About The Event

Before: Emma Cormac married into a perfect life but now she's barely coping. Inside a brand new, palatial home, her three young children need more than she can give. Clem, a wilful four year old, is intent on mimicking her grandmother; the formidable matriarch Pat Cormac. Arthur is almost three and still won't speak. At least baby Robbie is perfect. He's the future of the family. So why can't Emma hold him without wanting to scream?  Beyond their gleaming windows, a lake vista is evaporating. The birds have mostly disappeared, too. All over Shorehaven, the Cormac family buys up land to develop into cheap housing for people they openly scorn.

After: The summers have grown even fiercer and the Cormac name doesn't mean what it used to. Arthur has taken it abroad, far from a family unable to understand him. Clem is a young artist who turns obsessively to the…

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