I’m trying to be polite, travelling back to the city with him, and he’s tracing the tattoo on my forearm. Fingertips on my ink. Way too intimate, man. I flinch and he looks up, mascaraed black semi-circles under bloodshot eyes. Those eyes say, “after what we did last night?” and I look out the window and tuck my arm away.

 

A young couple find love in a cup of coffee. A wife watches as her husband gives up his addictions—and his home. Peer through the windows and doors of Plane Tree Drive to find a streetscape that is humorous, heartbreaking, real, and surreal. Here, the loneliness of domestic isolation and the joy of connection weave together to form an interlaced map of suburban life. Written in a variety of styles and voices, Plane Tree Drive is a bold revelation of ordinary life.

 

“Layers are peeled away and others added, slowly revealing a delicate portrait of hurts and hopes, vulnerability and strength … A stunning and sensitive exploration of people, place, and relationships.”                  

                                                                                                                                  — Michelle Wright, author of Fine

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED, VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS