Join award-winning author Andrea Goldsmith at Montalto Winery this June to discuss her new novel Invented Lives.
Invented Lives is an exquisite story of love, exile, family, and belonging, and has received spectacular reviews:
‘Goldsmith is a masterful storyteller who explores the complex themes of identity and love in her latest novel. Invented Lives deserves a wide audience.’
MARK RUBBO, READINGS
‘It is a fabulous book ... It lives on ...What I really loved was the changing seasons of all the characters, their inner beings, their outer beings, their strengths.’
DRUSILLA MODJESKA
‘This is a compassionate and thoughtful depiction of one aspect of multicultural Australia … Invented Lives will appeal to fans of Australian literary fiction for its depiction of rich inner lives, and the conflict between desire and reality.’
LOUISE OMER, BOOKS+PUBLISHING
Andrea Goldsmith originally trained as a speech pathologist and was a pioneer in the development of communication aids for people unable to speak. Her first novel, Gracious Living, was published in 1989. This was followed by Modern Interiors, Facing the Music, Under the Knife, and The Prosperous Thief, which was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Reunion was published in 2009, and The Memory Trap was awarded the 2015 Melbourne Prize. Her literary essays have appeared in Meanjin, Australian Book Review, Best Australian Essays, and numerous anthologies. She has mentored many emerging writers.
Read an extract from Invented Lives here.