Mad Meg

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This is a book about families, about secrets.

Henri and Isobel are artists. What they do with art, Stella and Allegra do with passion. Isobel tries to unravel the secrets of her family: her kind but crazy mother, Stella; her reprobate but dearly loved father, Henri; and her campaigning, dynamic sister Allegra.

Set in Melbourne and Milan, Mad Meg takes the reader through the history of an AustralianItalian family; through a tapestry of interconnecting lives tangled against the backdrop of two very different countries.

'Mad Meg has armed herself with dishes, pans and carving knives and leads her march against the Devil. Across the field of Hell she goes ... roars and exclamations mounting in her throat. What will she slay Everything exists demonically and absurdly around her. The moment of her action tumbles onward and outward forever.'

Reviews

Morrison's awareness of the compulsions that drive people their ideology, the desire for fame or beautiful things, for self-expression or aggrandisement is enthrallingly evident in this wise and balanced novel. (Veronica Sen,The Canberra Times)

Morrison is unusual among contemporary Australian novelists, particularly women writers. She is unafraid of ideas; her work reveals a quirky independence, a reluctance to follow fashion, besides shrewd insights into what makes human beings tick. And in addition to all that she is a disciplined, stylish and polished writer, itself a rarity in this age of mush and sloppiness. (Andrew Reimer, Sydney Morning Herald)

Author Bio

Scientist, writer, biographer and historian, Sally Morrisons many interests are reflected in a dense, layered writing style that has captured the attention of critics and readers over a long and rich career.

Born in Sydney, raised and educated in Canberra, and now living in Melbourne, Sally originally trained as a molecular biologist before beginning her writing career in the 1970s. Her work includes the play Hag, short story collection I Am a Boat, a biography of Clifton Pugh, After Fire, and novels Whos Taking You to the Dance, Against Gravity and The Insatiable Desire of Injured Love. Her last novel, Window Gods, is set in the same world as the award-winning Mad Meg.

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