
Ida
Alison Evans(Author)
Echo Publishing
Published on 1. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-76040-438-3 (ISBN)
Description
How do people decide on a path, and find the drive to pursue what they want? Ida struggles more than other twentysomethings to work this out. She can shift between parallel universes, allowing her to follow alternative paths. One day Ida sees a shadowy, see-through doppelganger of herself on the train. She starts to wonder if she's actually in control of her ability, and whether there are effects far beyond what she's considered. How can she know, anyway, whether one universe is ultimately better than another? And what if the continual shifting causes her to lose what is most important to her, just as she's discovering what that is, and she can never find her way back? Ida is an intelligent, diverse and entertaining novel that explores love, loss and longing, and speaks to the condition of an array of overwhelming, and often illusory, choices.
Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2018 Victorian Premier's Awards.
Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2018 Victorian Premier's Awards.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
Allen & Unwin
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Second Grade and over, Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76040-438-3 (9781760404383)
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Person
Alison Evans writes about people who don't know what they want, relationships and Melbourne. They are co-editor of Concrete Queers, a maker of zines and a lover of bad movies. Their work has been published in various Australian and international magazines, lit journals and zines. You can find them on twitter @_budgie or their website, alisonwritesthings.com.