Sleep Sister
Karen Breen
Published by Eunoia Publishing
- RRP $30.00
A beautiful coming-of-age story
that revels in its time and place, Sleep Sister is an evocative and moving
debut heralding an unforgettable new literary voice.
Awhina Bay is so far away that
once you get there, you start to think that you will never be able to leave.
On the last day of 1979, sisters
Gilly and Marina and their little brother Davy are running wild with all the
other children at a remote campsite on a beautiful Northland beach. While the
adults party, the children’s games grow more reckless.
Over the next seven years, the
Duggan family tries to forget the tragic events of that night. But 1987 is the
year that blows everything apart. A death in the family creates seismic shifts
in loyalty. Trust is betrayed and new allegiances are formed. Just as the
excesses of the early 80s come to an abrupt halt, the family is made to face up
to the past.
A sharply intelligent novel that
is both compassionate and cutting, Sleep Sister is an unforgettable debut.
About the author:
Karen Breen is an author and
publisher. She is a director of Eunoia Publishing, a new, independent company
committed to producing books "which are a work of art in every way". She is
a former journalist, television producer and director.
Born and raised in Auckland,
Karen has a BA, English major, from Auckland University, and a Diploma of
Journalism from AIT (now AUT). She worked for the NBR and was later Editor at
Trends Magazines. She lived for many years in London where she made
programmes for Channel 4, the BBC and Channel 5, before returning to New
Zealand with her family. In 2008 she completed the Master of Creative
Writing degree (1st class Hons) at AUT. She co-authored the genre-defying The
Bitter Sweet Philosophies (published July 2014) in a collaboration between
Russian artist Nick Fedaeff and a group of writers called KK Jart. Sleep Sister
is her first novel.
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