She has also published several poetry collections: Signs of Other Fires (2001), Joyflight (2004), and The Taste of River Water (2011). Kennedy’s memoir, Sing, and Don’t Cry (2005), charts her experiences traveling and working in rural Mexico. In 2010, for example, her novel The World Beneath won the People’s Choice Award at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and she has won The Age Short Story competition twice.
Since then, she has published many fictional works-including her highly acclaimed short story collection Dark Roots (2006)-and been awarded numerous literary prizes. She took a hiatus from writing after graduation, but began entering short story competitions again when she was in her thirties. As a teenager she won a short story prize in The Canberra Times, and she went on to study creative writing at university. And as Merit starts to open her mind to the idea of more-more of a partner, more of a match, more out of love-she begins to question: What if the love of her life isn't the man she married.Kennedy was born in Lincolnshire, England, but moved to Australia during her childhood. Their relationship quickly becomes a cornerstone in Merit's life. Not the wife and mother dutifully performing the roles expected of her, but a whole person. And Jane sees Merit exactly for who she is. In Jane, Merit sees the possibility of what a woman could be. Jane is a supernova-witty and dazzling and unapologetically herself-and as the two work closely together, their relationship becomes a true friendship. So, she returns to her career at Jager + Brandt, where a brilliant and beautiful Danish architect named Jane decides to overlook the "break" in Merit's résumé and give her a shot.
She loves her husband and sons, but she desperately needs something more than sippy cups and monthly sex. What would you do if you found the spark that made you feel whole again?Īfter twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life.
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