People Like Frank

Finalist for the Indigenous Voices Awards.

On the edge of normal, challenges take many forms—the everyday can be an adventure and the ordinary a triumph. A young woman in a group home investigates a mysterious piece of knitting. An obsessed bag boy does grim battle with a squirrel. A woman, an asparagus bag and a garbageman have a tumultuous short-term relationship. Otherwise unremarkable achievements become epic on the edge of normal in this uplifting collection that explores the world through the eyes of protagonists whose perspectives are informed by their unique circumstances.