The Resource The last time we spoke, Fiona Sussman
The last time we spoke, Fiona Sussman
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Resource Information
The item The last time we spoke, Fiona Sussman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- One mild summer evening in rural New Zealand the lives of Carla Reid, a middle-aged farmer's wife, and Ben Toroa, an illiterate teen, brutally collide. Neither will be the same again, their futures forever linked. In the bleak aftermath of this home invasion, The Last Time We Spoke traces both Carla and Ben's journey as they each try to make sense of their new reality. Carla's long road from rage and resentment interleaves with Ben's time in prison as he hardens into manhood. Set again these parallel stories is also the voice of a Maori ancestor who looks down from Beyond, transporting the story to a wider historical stage. Many years after their first encounter, Carla and Ben's lives once more intersect, again with astonishing consequences. This is an astonishing story about two people trying to make sense of their broken lives. It is a provocative and dark tale, but ultimately one of hope and human possibility
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The last time we spoke
- Title
- The last time we spoke
- Statement of responsibility
- Fiona Sussman
- Subject
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- trueTeenage boys
- trueConsequences
- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- trueNew Zealand fiction
- trueMaori (New Zealand people)
- trueMiddle-aged women
- Home invasion -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Murder victims' families -- Fiction
- trueHome invasions
- trueGang members
- truePsychological fiction
- trueParallel narratives
- Victims of crimes -- Fiction
- trueWomen -- Psychology
- trueGrief
- trueAncestors
- trueNew Zealand
- Suspense fiction
- trueRedemption
- Women -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- Juvenile delinquents -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One mild summer evening in rural New Zealand the lives of Carla Reid, a middle-aged farmer's wife, and Ben Toroa, an illiterate teen, brutally collide. Neither will be the same again, their futures forever linked. In the bleak aftermath of this home invasion, The Last Time We Spoke traces both Carla and Ben's journey as they each try to make sense of their new reality. Carla's long road from rage and resentment interleaves with Ben's time in prison as he hardens into manhood. Set again these parallel stories is also the voice of a Maori ancestor who looks down from Beyond, transporting the story to a wider historical stage. Many years after their first encounter, Carla and Ben's lives once more intersect, again with astonishing consequences. This is an astonishing story about two people trying to make sense of their broken lives. It is a provocative and dark tale, but ultimately one of hope and human possibility
- Summary
- Carla Reid is celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband Kevin and their grown son Jack, when Ben Toroa and another aspiring gang member brutally force their way into the house with robbery and more on their minds. The night and the rest of both their lives take a radically different direction. As Carla struggles to come to terms with the aftermath and bereavement of different kinds, and Ben faces the consequences in prison, their stories will be forever entwined
- Award
- Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, 2017.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10523641
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sussman, Fiona
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Life change events
- Women
- Home invasion
- Juvenile delinquents
- Victims of crimes
- Murder victims' families
- New Zealand
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The last time we spoke, Fiona Sussman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057401509
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780749020262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930664568
- Label
- The last time we spoke, Fiona Sussman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057401509
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780749020262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930664568
Subject
- trueAncestors
- trueConsequences
- trueGang members
- trueGrief
- Home invasion -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- trueHome invasions
- Juvenile delinquents -- Fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- trueMaori (New Zealand people)
- trueMiddle-aged women
- Murder victims' families -- Fiction
- trueNew Zealand
- New Zealand -- Fiction
- trueNew Zealand fiction
- trueParallel narratives
- truePsychological fiction
- trueRedemption
- Suspense fiction
- trueTeenage boys
- Victims of crimes -- Fiction
- Women -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- trueWomen -- Psychology
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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