{"product_id":"cure","title":"Cure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''a gloriously distinctive writer: brava, brava!''-- Michelle de Kretser, Miles Franklin award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life to Come\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTheory \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e lures you in with mesmeric prose then startles with profound insights on pain, faith, motherhood and, above all, love.''--Diana Reid, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSigns of Damage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn utterly joyful reading experience. I inhaled it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''--Jessie Tu, bestelling author of \u003ci\u003eA Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Honeyeater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer body hurts her all the time now. It is separate, a thing apart. In her mind it has become a person or an object that is not quite her, that she doesn''t know.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVera and Thea are mother and daughter. Vera writes for the internet: she constructs identities and scenarios for brands to cater to the ideal consumer. Yet she also consumes the offerings of the online world herself: the addictive pursuit of a cure, the narratives she craves in which mother and daughter find a way out of the shared experience of chronic illness. She becomes preoccupied with a blog written by a woman named Claudia, a mother whose daughter also has a chronic illness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile on holiday in Italy, Thea writes in her journal. She is also constructing a character: an image of herself as she grapples with having the same illness as her mother, Vera. But gradually another person emerges in her journal, through her imaginings of her mother in the same house, the same city, at the same age. They have come to Italy to see where Vera''s family originates, but also to chase a promised cure in the form of a man said to be able to heal Thea''s illness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs they both grapple with their own narratives about their bodies and their wellness, all may not be as it seems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerhaps a story does not necessarily need to be true for us to believe in it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eCURE\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''As you reach the end and Brabon draws the threads together, a wise, tender portrait of the relationship between a mother and daughter emerges. \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e is a beguiling and resonant novel, in which the process of belief and the difficulty of integrating the experience of illness into self-identity is revealed to be extraordinarily fraught.''\u003cb\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eABC Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Capturing the difficult intimacies between a mother and daughter, \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e questions the stories they tell about their bodies, wellness, healing and memory.''\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''brilliant meditation on the self''\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''In a novel less committed to nuance, and to resisting easy answers and straightforward binaries, reading and writing might come to represent something like a cure. Brabon, however, is far too clear-eyed and thoughtful a writer for that.''\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brabon''s elegant, poetic prose is transporting; she probes our human vulnerabilities with deep insight, empathy, and restraint. \u003ci\u003eCure \u003c\/i\u003eis timely and entirely compelling.''\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Holland-Batt, Stella Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''an eerie dream of a book.''\u003cb\u003e--Madeleine Watts, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Inland Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElegy, Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''A tender, delicately woven story that explores the boundaries between a mother and daughter who both live with chronic illness. Sharply intelligent and deeply felt, \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e has much to say about the unreliability of the body, the alienating nature of pain, and the cacophony of voices - scientific, religious, online - offering comfort, promising relief. An intimate and imaginative novel about family, faith, and the healing power of human connection.''\u003cb\u003e--Kylie Needham, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl in a Pink Dress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Accomplished, gentle and illuminating.''\u003cb\u003e--Alice Bishop, author of \u003ci\u003eA Constant Hum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely look at our preoccupation with wellness. Brabon''s poetics around the body and female constructions of self and identity and myth are breathtaking.''\u003cb\u003e--Kavita Bedford, author of \u003ci\u003eFriends and Dark Shapes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brabon explores the search for healing - physical, emotional and generational - with exquisite finesse and sophistication.''\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooks + Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''Brabon''s ambition in crafting this layered narrative makes \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e worth a look, especially for those interested in stories that tackle illness, identity and the complex relationships between mothers and daughters.'' \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eGood Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47415561552121,"sku":"9781761151804","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/4535\/6025\/files\/819193482815.jpg?v=1770937137","url":"https:\/\/www.atticusbooksandart.com.au\/products\/cure","provider":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}