Book description
A penetrating tale about suburbia and the social relationships people
form to survive in the modern world from bestselling author Hugh MacKay.
Winter Close, a small, undistinguished cul-de-sac is home to an
eclectic, vibrant group of people: the dubious Chika, eccentric old Mrs
Spenser, the self-conscious Abels, the mysterious Stuthridges and the
laid back Upton and Sexy Goods - just to name a few. For Tom, a divorced
counsellor living alone, Winter Close is his herd, the people he cares
about. According to Tom, neighbours are like family, you can't choose
them and you don't always like them, but you're bound to them. Tom is
pleasant to this family but conscious not to pry into their lives. It
comes as a shock then to discover that his reserved, introverted manner
may have isolated him from the rest of the residents. In fact he might
not know them as well as he thinks. As Tom starts to see his neighbours
for the people they are, rather than the people he imagined they were,
he starts to drop his own guard and discover himself. 'Hugh Mackay's
novel is a work of sheer accomplishment … it is addictive reading'
Hugh Mackay, social researcher and novelist, is the author of twelve
books, including five bestsellers. He was a newspaper columnist for
almost thirty years and broadcasts frequently on ABC radio. WINTER CLOSE
is his four novel.
