Desert Fish

Author(s): Cherise Saywell

Fiction.

Gilly lives in a drought-ridden small town in 1970s Australia. She's left school but hasn't found a job, it's always hot and life seems a little pointless. Then Pete arrives. Golden-skinned with a kind smile and relaxed attitude, he boards with Gilly and her family and breaks the tension between her philandering father and anxious-to-please mother. Gilly can't help but fall in love with him and one sultry night, she gets what she wants. A few weeks later, Pete disappears and Gilly finds out she's pregnant. She wants Pete so badly she'll do what it takes to find him and keep him, at any cost.


Product Information

Cherise Saywell's stories have been shortlisted for the Raymond Carver Prize and have appeared in The London Magazine, New Writing Scotland and Carve Magazine.

General Fields

  • : 9781864711158
  • : Random House Australia
  • : Vintage (Australia)
  • : March 2011
  • : Australia
  • : March 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Cherise Saywell
  • : Paperback
  • : 3-Nov