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Marie King is fifty-nine, recently divorced, and has lived a rather conventional life on Sydney's affluent north shore. Now her three children have moved out, the family home is to be sold, and with it will go her beloved garden. On a drunken whim, Marie gets a tattoo - an act that gives way to an unexpected friendship with her tattoo artist, Rhys. Before long, Rhys has introduced Marie to a side of the city that clashes with her staid north-shore milieu. Her children are mortified by their mother's transformation, but have their own challenges to deal with: workplace politics; love affairs old and new; and, of course, the real-estate market. Indelible Ink uses one family as a microcosm for the changes operating in society at large. In its piercing examination of the way we live now, it is truly a novel for our times.

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"Fiona McGregor presents a refreshing view of life in Australia specifically Sydney that celebrates the doubts, challenges, and ordinary activities and emotions of everyday life. ""Bookseller+Publisher"""" The best domestic novels use characters in a specific family or social setting to reflect and explore the values and issues of a particular time and place. ""Indelible Ink,"" which follows the intersecting lives of one Sydney family during the last days of the Howard era, is such a book and looks set to be the most talked-about Australian novel since ""The Slap."" ""Australian Book Review"""" There is a gutsiness, a splendor and command of language and expression in [Fiona McGregor s] writing that thrills me every time I read her. ""Indelible Ink"" is a stunning book, a novel that addresses our world and our time with an acute and ferocious acumen . . . . This is a superb book by undeniably now one of our finest writers. Christos Tsiolkas, author, ""The Slap"""" ""Fiona McGregor presents a refreshing view of life in Australia--specifically Sydney--that celebrates the doubts, challenges, and ordinary activities and emotions of everyday life."" --Bookseller+Publisher ""The best domestic novels use characters in a specific family or social setting to reflect and explore the values and issues of a particular time and place. Indelible Ink, which follows the intersecting lives of one Sydney family during the last days of the Howard era, is such a book--and looks set to be the most talked-about Australian novel since The Slap."" --Australian Book Review ""There is a gutsiness, a splendor and command of language and expression in [Fiona McGregor's] writing that thrills me every time I read her. Indelible Ink is a stunning book, a novel that addresses our world and our time with an acute and ferocious acumen . . . . This is a superb book by-- undeniably now--one of our finest writers."" --Christos Tsiolkas, author, The Slap ""This utterly original, strangely charismatic novel boasts complex, compelling characters, incisive wit, and striking observations about the way we live now."" --Age"

There is a gutsiness, a splendor and command of language and expression in [Fiona McGregor s] writing that thrills me every time I read her. Indelible Ink is a stunning book, a novel that addresses our world and our time with an acute and ferocious acumen . . . . This is a superb book by undeniably now one of our finest writers. Christos Tsiolkas, author, The Slap

The best domestic novels use characters in a specific family or social setting to reflect and explore the values and issues of a particular time and place. Indelible Ink, which follows the intersecting lives of one Sydney family during the last days of the Howard era, is such a book and looks set to be the most talked-about Australian novel since The Slap. Australian Book Review Fiona McGregor presents a refreshing view of life in Australia specifically Sydney that celebrates the doubts, challenges, and ordinary activities and emotions of everyday life. Bookseller+Publisher There is a gutsiness, a splendor and command of language and expression in [Fiona McGregor s] writing that thrills me every time I read her. Indelible Ink is a stunning book, a novel that addresses our world and our time with an acute and ferocious acumen . . . . This is a superb book by undeniably now one of our finest writers. Christos Tsiolkas, author, The Slap There is a gutsiness, a splendor and command of language and expression in [Fiona McGregor's] writing that thrills me every time I read her. Indelible Ink is a stunning book, a novel that addresses our world and our time with an acute and ferocious acumen . . . . This is a superb book by-- undeniably now--one of our finest writers. --Christos Tsiolkas, author, The Slap Fiona McGregor presents a refreshing view of life in Australia--specifically Sydney--that celebrates the doubts, challenges, and ordinary activities and emotions of everyday life. --Bookseller+Publisher This utterly original, strangely charismatic novel boasts complex, compelling characters, incisive wit, and striking observations about the way we live now. --Age The best domestic novels use characters in a specific family or social setting to reflect and explore the values and issues of a particular time and place. Indelible Ink, which follows the intersecting lives of one Sydney family during the last days of the Howard era, is such a book--and looks set to be the most talked-about Australian novel since The Slap. --Australian Book Review

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Fiona McGregor is the author of the works of fiction Au Pair, shortlisted for The Australian/Vogel Award; Suck My Toes, winner of the Steele Rudd Award; and Chemical Palace, shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Award for fiction. Fiona has also written a travel memoir, Strange Museums.

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