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Floundering  by Romy Ash

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March 2012, no. 339

Floundering  by Romy Ash

Text Publishing, $27.95 pb, 224 pp

Floundering  by Romy Ash

by
March 2012, no. 339

Romy Ash’s début novel, Floundering, sits comfortably in the realm of Australian realism. It depicts the travails of a dysfunctional and impoverished family as they make their way across the country during a scorching Australian summer. Tom and Jordy, young brothers, live with their grandparents following their abandonment by their mother, Loretta. Twelve months later Loretta returns, just as peremptorily as she left. She removes the children and heads west to a place where she hopes they will be able to live happily together.

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