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Shortlisted for Montana NZ Book of the Year Award, this is a vivid and beautifully drawn novel of love, loss and longing. A deeply moving novel in which disparate lives are drawn together. Quentin Stanley develops an unexpected connection with his hairdresser; while Matt, a troubled youth, finds himself with a baby to look after. A deception ensues that entangles unwilling participants in a dangerous and emotionally fraught situation. Winner of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Centenary Award, twice winner of the Auckland Star short story competition, her first two publications - a collection of short stories and a novel - were shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Her short stories have been widely published and broadcast on radio.