Feet to the stars and other stories review
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The West Australian Feet to the Stars and other stories Susan Midalia UWA Publishing, $25 This very fine collection is Midalia’s third and strongest. Through her focus on ordinary people and
their lives she exposes weaknesses and strengths, joys and grief. Always compassionate, Midalia is nevertheless stringent in her critique, through her characters, of what is often their
lack of empathy, questionable politics and sometimes appalling pretension. Multi-layered and suggestive, the stories are not only complete in themselves but extend beyond their boundaries.
The complex title story exemplifies this capacity, ending: “All of them waiting, suspended, hoping to be ready for whatever might come next.” GET THE LATEST NEWS FROM THEWEST.COM.AU IN YOUR
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