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Listening for Small Sounds - Penelope Trevor

Description: ISBN 1864481455 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Penelope Trevor / Paperback / 157 Pages / Book is published 1996-07-01 by Allen & Unwin

Newest Review: ... fragmented sentences which flit between thoughts, memories and events seamlessly so you capture only glimpses of the full ... more

... truth....exactly how it would have been for Joss. The title "Listening for Small Sounds" depicts the nature of Joss' childhood with startling simplicity - she would be like any normal child throughout the day, attending school and playing with (or fighting with) friends or just spending quality time with her mother, but at night alone in her room she listens for small sounds to tell if her mentally and physically violent father is in a dangerous state of mind. One of the things I love about this book is that ...more

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Listening for Small Sounds - Penelope Trevor: Listening to the Sound of a new talent (912 words)
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I have to confess to being a bit of a Prisoner: Cell Block H fan (oh the shame) but as a result of this I stumbled across the fact that one of the actresses in the show had actually written a novel - and not only that but a novel that was shortlisted for the 1995 Australian/Vogel Award and won the Dobbie Award for a First Published Book in the Nita Kibble Literary Award 1997. Both of those meant nothing to me, but I figured to be winning awards it must be a good story so I purchased a second hand copy from Amazon and didn't regret it for a second. Listening for Small Sounds is one of the most compelling novels I have read for a very long time and I could have ... Read the complete review