After Moonlight

After Moonlight shows 37 year-old Claire hitting her stride as a woman behaving badly. She pursues bizarre contact with a former lover, tries out an unlikely new one, makes a 'chosen family' out of housemates with problems of their own, and battles the instabilities of part-time work as an academic and filmmaker. Merle Thornton's novel is an exhilarating trip through feisty Claire's escapades in the course of a turbulent life. 'Thornton's writing is lively and energetic and the novel has pace.' - Antoni Jach 'I like the structure, the tight plot, the various subplots and supporting characters, the energy, the sense of time and place.' - Bronwen Levy, University of Queensland 'Stylishly written, clever and funny... really interesting to read-all the way along.' - Dan O'Neill, University of Queensland