Signs of Damage
It was as if the present and the past were linked: a spider’s web, wherein a shock to one strand could make the whole structure shake.
The Kelly family's idyllic holiday in the South of France is disturbed when Cass, a thirteen-year-old girl, goes missing. She's discovered several hours later with no visible signs of injury. Everyone present dismisses the incident as a close brush with tragedy.
Sixteen years later, at a funeral for a member of the Kelly family, Cass collapses. The present and the past start to collide as buried secrets come to light and old doubts resurface. What really happened to Cass in the South of France? And what's wrong with her now?
A gripping tale of unravelling memories and moral ambiguities, SIGNS OF DAMAGE wrestles with the difference between understanding other people, and trying to explain them.
About the Author
Diana Reid is a writer from Sydney, Australia. Her debut novel, Love & Virtue, was an Australian bestseller and winner of the ABIA Book of the Year Award, the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award, the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Fiction Book of the Year Award, and the MUD Literary Prize. Diana was also named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist in 2022. Her second bestselling novel, Seeing Other People, was published in 2022 and shortlisted for the ABIA for Literary Fiction of the Year, the Indie Award for Best Fiction and longlisted for the BookPeople Fiction Book of the Year. Signs of Damage is her third novel. |
Praise for Love & Virtue
‘An absolute cracker, Love & Virtue lobs right into the current moment with a clarifying light. I hope EVERYONE reads this book.’ — Helen Garner, author of The First Stone and The Spare Room
‘Loved it…It’s electrifying.’ — Annabel Crabb
‘I inhaled it…an amazing book.’ — Mia Freedman
Praise for Seeing Other People
‘This! Was! So! Good! ... Diana Reid you are in a total league of your own.’ – Zara McDonald, Shameless Podcast
‘Seeing Other People will be the book of the summer.’ - PedestrianTV
‘An extraordinary new voice in Aussie lit.’ ― Zoë Foster Blake, author of The Wrong Girl and Textbook Romance
ISBN
9781761151095
Format
Paperback
Cost
$34.99
Pub Date
March 2025
Extent
304pp
Rights
ANZ
Category
Fiction
Themes
Moral ambiguities. Memory. Trauma.