Distance

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  • Published 20181106
  • ISBN: 9781925603330
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN Ingrid Murphy and Katie Brute-Jones were easily measured: five inches, thirty-three pounds and 7,700 miles. Where Ingrid was too tall, too thin and standing on the other side of an open doorway from Stella Parker at this very moment, Katie was the perfect height, the perfect size and tragically on the other side of the world.

‘You must be Stella.’ Ingrid smiled. ‘Welcome to Vancouver.’

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Erin Gough

Erin Gough’s award-winning stories have appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including Black Inc.’s Best Australian Stories, Overland, Southerly and Going Down...

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