The Rip North America Lara was seven when her

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose

she knows they are entering the eye of the storm

Turtle is flipped over on his shell and can’t seem to get un-stuck

'A book of rare insight and compassion

because before the candles are lit

The Rip North America Lara was seven when herIn this collection of short stories, Robert Drewe applies his forensic powers of observation to the relationships and environments that shape our lives. Internationally acclaimed novelist Robert Drewe returns to the short story territory he has made his own. Set against the backdrop of the Australian coast, as randomly and imminently violent as it is beautiful, The Rip reveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and