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Fiction

Useful by Debra Oswald

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April 2015, no. 370

Useful by Debra Oswald

Viking, $32.99 pb, 316 pp, 9780670077823

Fiction

Useful by Debra Oswald

by •
April 2015, no. 370

What makes a person useful? What gives them worth and value in the world? And who gets to decide? These are some of the questions Debra Oswald explores in Useful, a novel set in suburban Sydney.

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Naama Grey-Smith

Naama Grey-Smith is an editor, publisher, writer, and critic based in Fremantle/Walyalup, Western Australia. She holds degrees in communications and publishing and has edited award-winning fiction and non-fiction. Her enduring interests are language, memory, and place.

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