On Beverley Farmer by Josephine Rowe psychological-fiction This is a powerful account

This is a powerful account of how the government played on what was ultimately the race issue

but also by Australia’s will

she makes a subtle case for the blessings of secularism and the variety of spiritual encounters it makes possible

and how it shapes debate

look where we ended up

On Beverley Farmer by Josephine Rowe psychological-fiction This is a powerful accountAcross Farmer's works there has always been an attraction to those beings who occupy two worlds Once one has lived elsewhere, lived differently, it doesn't matter whether she stays to forge a new life or turns back towards the old, or moves on once again; there will always be the shadow, the after image, of the life not lived.' Beverley Farmer's writing reflects on restlessness, desire and homecoming. In this brilliantly acute essay, fellow novelist