Although the location is fictional, the detail is so vivid and so…Australian that imagining it is effortless. Wood is an extremely tactile writer and captures the full range of human experiences both physical and emotional. It is utterly compelling, unbelievably disturbing and uncomfortable in how close it hits to home. As time goes on, what it is that links the women together begins to come clear and the power the guards wield over them begins to grow more tenuous.įirst things first, this is the best book I’ve read so far this year. Humiliated, degraded and isolated by an unlikely pair of guards, they realise that they are one of a group of ten women. As the drugs wear off, they begin to understand the severity of their situation. Two women wake up to find themselves drugged and in an unknown place. “The Natural Way of Things” by Charlotte Wood is a book that I’m a bit reluctant to give too much background to. I was so stoked to hear what she had to say and get my book signed. It really got on my radar when I saw the author speak at the National Library in March. This book was already on my radar before it won the Stella Prize.
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