Crimes of Billy Fish
By (Author) Sarah Hopkins
ABC Books
ABC Books
1st April 2007
Australia
General
Fiction
A823
Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book - SE Asia and South Pacific 2008
Paperback
304
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 20mm
298g
After serving three years for a violent robbery, Billy Fish is granted parole and walks out the prison gates. His pattern has been a simple one of drugs, crime and custody. Billy's sister Rose has taken a different path. Her life is filled with work and caring for her infant son, a structured existence that has become a buffer between Rose and the outside world. Both Billy and Rose are fighting against their past in very different ways. Then one rainy morning, Rose's son is killed in an accident. The lives of Billy and Rose begin to unravel, testing the strength of their sibling love and forcing them to face the reality of their terrifying past.
Australian fiction
Sarah Hopkins works as a solicitor for the Aboriginal Legal Service and has always worked in legal advocacy roles. She is married with two children. This is her first published novel.