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June is searching for her old friend, Mae, missing in Greece. Working from Mae's diaries, penned immediately prior to her disappearance, June travels to the island of Poros. Walking Mae's last-known steps, June scrutinises the diaries alongside memories of an intense bond-long-gone, achingly present.

This ruminative novella interrogates the impact of severance from those we love, lingering pasts and possible futures, the lives we live and might have lived.

'Prendergast is a great observer of humans. She pulls no punches because she wants the truth.' - Bruce Pascoe

'These stories shun the sentimental and embrace the taboo.' - Maria Takolander

Author Bio

Julia Prendergast's debut collection, Bloodrust and other stories was published in 2022. Her novel, The Earth Does Not Get Fat (2018) was finalist in the Indie Book Awards for debut fiction. Her short stories have been recognised and published: Lightship Anthology International Short Story Competition (UK), Ink Tears International Short Story Competition, Glimmer Train International Short Story Competition (US), Sean Faolin International Short Story Competition, TEXT, Elizabeth Jolley Prize, Josephine Ulrick Prize.