A therapist reckons with her own trauma, in the shadow of Australia's collective shame
- Written by: Shady Cosgrove, Associate Professor, Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
Elena Saharova/Pexels, CC BYThe plot of Jacinta Halloran’s fourth novel Resistance is straightforward. The Agostino family have stolen a car and driven into the desert. As part of their court-mandated sentence they must attend sessions with family therapist Nina.
The reader is privy to these sessions, as well as sessions between Nina and her...
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