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Registered by
jeniwren
of Pambula, New South Wales Australia on 9/16/2011
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Tally and Grace are teenage sisters living on the outskirts of society, dragged from one no-hope town to the next by their fugitive father. When an explosion rips their lives apart, they flee separately to the city.
The girls had always imagined that beyond the remote regions lay another, brighter world: glamorous, promising, full of luck. But as each soon discovers, if you arrive there broke, homeless, and alone, the city is a dangerous place — a place where commerce and surveillance rule, and undocumented people like themselves are confined to life’s shady margins. Now Tally and Grace must struggle to find each other — or just to survive.
Narrated by a cast of unforgettable characters, Black Glass is the work of an exceptional new talent.
The girls had always imagined that beyond the remote regions lay another, brighter world: glamorous, promising, full of luck. But as each soon discovers, if you arrive there broke, homeless, and alone, the city is a dangerous place — a place where commerce and surveillance rule, and undocumented people like themselves are confined to life’s shady margins. Now Tally and Grace must struggle to find each other — or just to survive.
Narrated by a cast of unforgettable characters, Black Glass is the work of an exceptional new talent.

Set in a not too distant future Melbourne and from the
perspective of two sisters Tally and Grace. Both are on the run after their
father is suddenly killed at the start of the novel. The city is a dark and
dangerous place and where citizens are divided into two groups , those with
identification papers and those on the fringes of society classed as
'undocs' which highlights the marginalisation and it is easy to liken this
to our present refugee situation . The two girls are separated and unsure of
each other's fate. Survival is a struggle, one as a magicians assistant and
the other resorting to petty crime. There is also another interesting
character named 'Moodie' who by altering the environment with scent, music
and lighting is paid by government agencies to influence people's
behaviour. The novel has a big brother feel with each chapter divided by
report headings with details on the monitoring by these government agencies.
I really liked how the author subtlety comments and exaggerates current and
potential issues of our time.
perspective of two sisters Tally and Grace. Both are on the run after their
father is suddenly killed at the start of the novel. The city is a dark and
dangerous place and where citizens are divided into two groups , those with
identification papers and those on the fringes of society classed as
'undocs' which highlights the marginalisation and it is easy to liken this
to our present refugee situation . The two girls are separated and unsure of
each other's fate. Survival is a struggle, one as a magicians assistant and
the other resorting to petty crime. There is also another interesting
character named 'Moodie' who by altering the environment with scent, music
and lighting is paid by government agencies to influence people's
behaviour. The novel has a big brother feel with each chapter divided by
report headings with details on the monitoring by these government agencies.
I really liked how the author subtlety comments and exaggerates current and
potential issues of our time.

Journal Entry 3 by
jeniwren
at Greigs Flat, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, September 17, 2011


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Requested from the OZVBB and posting today.

Journal Entry 5 by tantan at - Wild Released somewhere in Townsville - in Townsville, Queensland Australia on Thursday, November 15, 2018
Released 6 yrs ago (11/15/2018 UTC) at - Wild Released somewhere in Townsville - in Townsville, Queensland Australia
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Book sale donation

It seems I must have gotten confused in moving chaos as I never donated this book to a book sale, and it's been sitting in a box for years!
Anyway, I finally read it, and will pass it along.
Anyway, I finally read it, and will pass it along.

Journal Entry 7 by tantan at Melbourne Central New Little Library in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia on Saturday, January 18, 2025
Released 3 wks ago (1/18/2025 UTC) at Melbourne Central New Little Library in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia
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Happy reading!