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Book SynopsisA powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy.
Two mothers fight over who will wear a hat on their children's wedding day. A needle is lost somewhere inside a woman’s body. A writer waits with a suitcase for a man who never comes.
This collection brings together Fiona Kidman’s finest and most scandalous stories, vividly depicting the joys of female desire and the pain of heartbreak, the thrill of illicit liaisons and the twists and turns of unconventional love.
Sometimes joyful, often devastating and always beautiful, All the Way to Summer is a searing account of love and loss from a pioneering feminist icon.
'Tales of loss and betrayal and twisted love abound in this perfect collection’ Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond
Trade ReviewPraise for All the Way to Summer
‘A magnificent book . . . Fiona Kidman is a splendid writer and this book exceeds expectations. Tales of loss and betrayal and twisted love abound in this perfect collection’ Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond
'Kidman’s quiet, deft narratives startle with flashes of sensuous images . . . wise, subtle tales' Kirkus Reviews
‘Kidman's subtlety and her trust of the reader's intellect is a vein that runs through her work . . . insightful, restrained in parts, and always beautiful. They do not make a fuss, but they will sure as hell make you cry’ Otago Daily Times
‘Powerfully encapsulates love in all its forms . . . the deep-felt love that springs from her acute powers of observation, a tight-knit family and enduring friendships’ Daily Post
Praise for Fiona Kidman
‘Kidman’s prose is precise, detailed, lyric' Irish Times
‘Magnetic’ New York Times
'Kidman, a poet, is a beautiful writer' The Times
‘A masterful storyteller’ The Lady
‘A truly gifted writer' Trip Fiction
