Postcards From Surfers

A bunch of short stories from an author I had not previously read. I do have the more noted Monkey Grip and also her latest The Season, both of which I intend to read in the next few weeks as The Season is the book of choice for my local book club.

My favourite by far All Those Bloody Young Catholics is what I can only describe as a drunken stream of dribble by a bloke at the pub who catches up with an old female acquaintance from the past. Kind of reminded me of someone's youth, hopefully not mine.

The other of note The Life of Art told in the first person about a female and her artist friend and their observations of life occasionally imitating art and vice versa.

This one is online for anyone interested.

https://bookanista.com/life-art/

An easy collection to read and for me, it showed Helen Garner can write in various styles. I look forward to further readings of her works.