Perfections

Two sisters. One wish. Unimaginable consequences.

Not all fairy tales are for children.
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Antoinette and Jacqueline have little in common beyond a mutual antipathy for their paranoid, domineering mother, a bond which has united them since childhood. In the aftermath of a savage betrayal, Antoinette lands on her sister’s doorstep bearing a suitcase and a broken heart.

But Jacqueline, the ambitious would-be manager of a trendy Melbourne art gallery, has her own problems – chasing down a delinquent painter in the sweltering heat of a Brisbane summer. Abandoned, armed with a bottle of vodka and her own grief-spun desires, Antoinette weaves a dark and desperate magic that can never, ever be undone.

Their lives swiftly unravelling, the two sisters find themselves drawn into a tangle of lies, manipulations and the most terrible of family secrets.

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‘Perfections sings from the page.
It is dark, compelling and monstrously beautiful.’
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Alison Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of Eon and Eona

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‘Kirstyn McDermott’s prose is darkly magical, insidious and insistent. Once her words get under your skin, they are there to stay.’
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Angela Slatter, British Fantasy Award-winning author of Sourdough and Other Stories

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‘Perfections is a sharp, creepy and deeply discomfiting novel full of awkward truths and raw emotions.’

Tansy Rayner Roberts, author of the Creature Court Trilogy and Love and Romanpunk.

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Winner of the 2012 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel