If You Go
Published on 25. June 2024
304 pages
978-1-923046-90-0 (ISBN)
Description
When Esther wakes with a breathing tube down her throat, she has no idea where she is or how she got there. In terrible physical condition, Esther is tended to by Grace, the only other person in the building.
In the half-consciousness of her recovery, Esther is desperate to get back to her young kids and grapples with the events of her life as they come flooding back: a childhood spent between warring parents; the demise of her marriage; the struggles she faced when her children were born.
Suspicious of Grace, Esther takes drastic action to escape. But there are certain facts about the reality of her situation - her place in time, her history and her life - that she will need to uncover first.
If You Go is a moving, captivating and unforgettable novel about hope and grief and family, exploring what we inherit and what we pass down.
In the half-consciousness of her recovery, Esther is desperate to get back to her young kids and grapples with the events of her life as they come flooding back: a childhood spent between warring parents; the demise of her marriage; the struggles she faced when her children were born.
Suspicious of Grace, Esther takes drastic action to escape. But there are certain facts about the reality of her situation - her place in time, her history and her life - that she will need to uncover first.
If You Go is a moving, captivating and unforgettable novel about hope and grief and family, exploring what we inherit and what we pass down.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
Australia
File size
2,78 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-923046-90-0 (9781923046900)
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Alice Robinson is the author of three novels with Affirm Press - most recently If You Go. Her debut novel, Anchor Point was longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards. The Glad Shout was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award and The Colin Roderick Literary Award and won the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Alice has a PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University, for which she was awarded Vice Chancellor's Peak Award for Research. She works at Federation University and RMIT.
