Forecast: Turbulence

Violent weather pervades this breathtaking collection, reflecting the cataclysmic emotions swirling through the lives of the protagonists. A loner becomes obsessed with the face of a beautiful neighbor whom he has never actually met, though his fantasies about her, unwisely shared with others, lead to his being falsely accused of her murder. Two feisty yet fragile teenagers meet in the prison where they are forced to visit their abusive stepfathers. The upward trajectory of talented and academically successful sisters takes a nose-dive following the terribly public exposure of their father as a pedophile.

These stories, of heartbreaking poignancy, shocking power and steadfast resolve, all grapple with a universal question: how can we maintain equilibrium in a turbulent and uncertain world?

NOTE: Janette Turner Hospital will be on book tour in Australia in February 2012 in various cities. She will be at the Perth Festival, the Albany Festival, and will conduct a masterclass sponsored by the literary journal The Monthly in Melbourne on February 29, 2012.

Janette Turner Hospital reading from Forecast: Turbulence

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Orpheus Lost

In search of her lover, Leela travels into an underworld of kidnapping, torture and despair, in this compelling re-imagining of the Orpheus story.

Achingly sensual, effortlessly lyrical, Janette Turner Hospital's dazzling Orpheus Lost  is a powerful and disturbing novel. It is both a love story on a grand scale that spans America, Australia and Baghdad, and an examination of what happens to individuals when terrible mistakes are made in the name of 'national security'.

Publication date (Australia): 1 May 2007

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