Publisher: Sydney, NSW: Hachette Australia Pty Limited 2017
Annotation: Wimmera explores the quiet dread of children in difficult circumstances, the horror and the loss of innocence that comes young when you are surrounded by the abuses no-one speaks of.
Ben and Fab are best friends, and they know the troubles each other face but even not yet being teenagers they know to stay quiet about their troubles, that it would only make things more difficult by saying things out loud. Yet, they still seek to discover truths through their own curiosity, especially as a strange new man moves to town with an air of mystery that leads Fab to believe him a secret agent.
As years pass Fab finds himself still stuck in town, victim to the whirlpool of rural life keeping you in place, but is forced to confront the past when a body washes up from the river.
A meditation on coming of age, the strength of friendship, and the powerful grip of town secrets, this book keeps a solid grasp of the small town horrors indicative of Australian gothic literature.
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