Longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015
Winner Voss Literary Prize 2015
Shortlisted NSW Premier's Literary Awards / Christina Stead Prize for
Fiction 2015
Colin Roderick Award 2015
An exploration of relationships, marriage, passion, beauty, and the
price of love.
Zoe Howard is 17 when her brother, Russell, introduces her to Stephen
Quayle. Aloof and harsh, Stephen is unlike anyone she has ever met, "a
weird, irascible character out of some dense Russian novel." His sister,
Anna, is shy and thoughtful, "a little orphan."
Zoe and Russell, Stephen and Anna: they may come from different social
worlds but all four will spend their lives moving in and out of each
other's shadow.
Set amid the lush gardens and grand stone houses that line the north
side of Sydney Harbour, In Certain Circles is an intense psychological
drama about family and love, tyranny and freedom.
