“I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I'm morbidly interested in it but because I'm interested in the secret of resilience; that's what I'm always exploring in the stories and the novels.” PeopleStoriesSecretNovelResilienceExploringCatastrophe Author:Janette Turner Hospital
“That is where homeland is. In that shifting space, kinfolk know one another by secret signs; and wherever kinfolk meet, homeland soil coalesces about their feet in the mysterious way that coral cays, like seabirds pausing in flight, anchor themselves to the Barrier Reef.” KnowsWaySpaceSecretFeetBirdFlightMysteriousSoilBarriersShiftingAnchorsHomelandReefsPausingMysterious WaysKinfolk Book:Collected Stories Source: Collected Stories