As we gather for a family funeral, Breathe lures us cautiously into a time past. It is through the unguarded impressions of the nine-year-old narrator that we see a world of 'good girls', music, swimming at the beach, longed-for dreams and make-believe.
But as the story unfolds, a darker picture emerges.
'I had hoped for a miracle. They happen, don't they?'
Jackie Davis' Breathe is a sensitive, elegant first novel by a fine new writer.
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Jackie Davis was a top student of Bill Manhire's MA course at Victoria University.
