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My first Janette Turner Hospital and will not be my last.
15 short stories with some very good indeed. As the blurb on the back covers says”....all experience moments of crisis and illumination” with the past and present ever part of each story.

A couple are absolute stand outs for me.
The Last of the Hapsburgs has had me thinking days after initially reading the story. I went back for a 2nd read so impressive was its themes. A school teacher, Miss Devonport, reflects on her life in North Qld and her assistance and compassion to a couple of girls less fortunate. Certainly, crisis and illumination dominated this story that had a sad and bitter ending.
Eggshell Expressway was the story of a drug addict prostitute who actually cares more for her client, a noted judge, than she realises. Crisis and illumination dominated her thoughts as she attempts to save her client from her repulsive pimp.

Recommended to those who like short thematic stories.