<p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">In his dazzling new collection, Israeli-Australian writer Ben Sharafski explores in six </span>interconnected stories the underlying dramas of everyday life - from love to loss to betrayal - with insight, poignancy, and lyricism.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">"Excellent! Desperately sad" - Les Murray (on&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Two Lives, Intersected</em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">)</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"Filled with an almost tactile sense of place" - Natasha Watson</span></p><p><br></p><p>"A remarkable achievement" - Fergus McDermott</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"A cryptic look at relationships and the struggle between compromise and temptation" - Sujoya Mukherjee</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"I could not put this final story down and read until 3am" - Mark Porton</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"Absolutely mesmerising" - John Gilbert</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"Don't you just love it when you take a chance on a new writer, and the reward is way beyond your expectations?" - Andrea Johnson</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"Inventive but still grounded in the real and burdensome. Sharafski masterly constructs moments and movements of self-awareness that grapple with the human condition within us and throughout history" - Mary Goldman</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"These interlocking bittersweet stories are beautifully written, and I was surprised at how instantly I became immersed in the world of each story" - Marnie Fleming Ross</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"What a beautiful collection of stories taking you through all the stages of life. I liked each one more than the last. What a lovely and emotional journey" - Dana De Silva</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"The writing is simply terrific. I was hooked on his style" - Nilton Teixeira</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"A beautiful tapestry of love, loss, guilt and the whole spectrum of human emotions. Bravo!" - Karine Van der Elst</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"Sharafski's writing really pulls you in" - Emma Ricci</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"This story elicited from me the very rare misty-eyed reading" - Wes Allen</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"Sharafski's narrator moves back and forth between the past and the present and between history and current life, tying together all the threads that bind us with each other and with our pasts" - Jenny Lewis</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">"Such an engaging cycle of short stories... an almost cinematic quality" - Terry Wheeler</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(24, 24, 24, 1)">&nbsp;"A revelation not easily rendered. You simply must experience it for yourself" - Kirsten Harris</span></p>