| Record Number |
21914 |
| ISBN |
9781925760989 (paperback) |
| 1925760987 (paperback) |
| Location |
F HOW |
| Author |
Howell, Adriane, (author). |
| Title |
Hydra / Adriane Howell. |
| Published |
Melbourne, Victoria : Transit Lounge, 2022. |
| Collation |
244 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| Summary Note |
Anja is a young, ambitious antiquarian, passionate for the clean and balanced lines of mid-century furniture. She is intent on classifying objects based on emotional response and when her career goes awry, Anja finds herself adrift. Like a close friend, she confesses her intimacies and rage to us with candour, tenderness, and humour. Cast out from the world of antiques, she stumbles upon a beachside cottage that the neighbouring naval base is offering for a 100-year lease. The property is derelict, isolated, and surrounded by scrub. Despite of, or because of, its wildness and solitude, Anja uses the last of the inheritance from her mother to lease the property. Yet a presence - human, ghost, other - seemingly inhabits the grounds. |
| Target Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General. |
| Awards Note |
The Stella Prize (AUS) (Shortlist - 2023) |
| Subject |
Australian fiction -- 21st century |
| Single women |
| Young women -- Psychology -- Fiction |
| Antique dealers -- Fiction |
| Solitude -- Fiction |
| Young women -- Psychology |
| Single women -- Fiction |
| Life change events -- Fiction |
| Haunted places -- Fiction |
| AUS thriller / suspense fiction (Australia,Victoria) |
