![]() ![]() Many of the essays are set in the inner and south-western suburbs of a major Australian city in the midst of rapid change. These affectingly personal essays consider how all-consuming the engagement with the ordinary can be, and how even small encounters and interactions can illuminate our lives. But what about those who feel anxious, uncomfortable, unsettled within these havens? In The World Was Whole, Fiona Wright examines how we inhabit and remember the familiar spaces of our homes and suburbs, as we move through them and away from them into the wider world, devoting ourselves to the routines and rituals that make up our lives. Our bodies and homes are our shelters, each one intimately a part of the other. Kibble Award and the Queensland Literary Award for Non-fiction shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the NSW Premier's Award for Non-fiction. ![]() The follow-up to Fiona Wright's essay collection Small Acts of Disappearance, - winner of the Nita B. ![]()
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