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A novel about connections in a changing world of friends, lovers, family, illness, and death, this unique narrative tells the story of Marie King - a 59-year-old divorcee from Sydney's affluent north shore. Having devoted her rather conventional life to looking after her husband and three children, Marie is experiencing an identity crisis. Forced to sell the family home now that her children have moved out, Marie expresses herself by getting a tattoo and, consequently, forges a friendship with tattoo artist Rhys. As Rhys introduces Marie to an alternative side of Sydney, friction erupts between Marie's social spheres - the affluent middle class and the tattoo subculture. A multi-layered examination of how we live now, this account positions one family as a microcosm for the modifications operating in society at large.
A novel about connections in a changing world of friends, lovers, family, illness, and death, this unique narrative tells the story of Marie King - a 59-year-old divorcee from Sydney's affluent north shore. Having devoted her rather conventional life to looking after her husband and three children, Marie is experiencing an identity crisis. Forced to sell the family home now that her children have moved out, Marie expresses herself by getting a tattoo and, consequently, forges a friendship with tattoo artist Rhys. As Rhys introduces Marie to an alternative side of Sydney, friction erupts between Marie's social spheres - the affluent middle class and the tattoo subculture. A multi-layered examination of how we live now, this account positions one family as a microcosm for the modifications operating in society at large.
Tenderness, wisdom and the double-edged sword of change - life’s experience for a recently-divorced, middle-aged, Sydney matron straddling the city’s North Shore affluenza and tattoo counter culture.
Fiona McGregor is a Sydney-based author and performance artist. She writes novels, essays, short stories and critiques and is a regular reviewer of performance art for RealTime. Since 1993, she has published 5 books. Deidre Rubenstein is regarded as one of Australia's most accomplished actresses. As a stage actress, she has starred in productions with all major Australian theatre companies and has created three highly acclaimed one-woman shows which have toured Australia and overseas. Deidre won an Australian Film Industry (AFI) award for Best Actress in the mini-series Palace of Dreams and is also a multi-award-winning narrator. Audiobooks narrated for Bolinda include Elizabeth Costello by Nobel Prize–winning author J.M. Coetzee, Gilgamesh by Joan London, Elizabeth Harrower novels and various ABC titles.
“This is a superb book by – undeniably now – one of our finest
writers.”
*Christos Tsiolkas, award-winning author of The Slap*
“An exceptional novel: complex, confronting, richly imagined and
beautifully wrought.”
*Debra Adelaide, The Age*
“Every now and again a novel just takes your breath away with its
audacity and its perceptive take on life and the world. Indelible
Ink is such a book.”
*Readings*
Indelible Ink, McGregor's fifth novel, marks a notable departure in
style for the critically acclaimed 44-year-old author, who in 1997
was voted one of The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian
Novelists. This book is bound to reach a wider audience than her
previous three works of fiction - Au Pair (shortlisted for the The
Australian/Vogel Award), Suck My Toes (which won the Steele Rudd
award), and Chemical Palace (shortlisted for the NSW Premier's
Award for fiction) - and her travel memoir based on her time as a
performance artist in Eastern Europe, Strange Museums. Her latest
and largest work of fiction, a three-child family saga that has
being compared to Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, examines how
change in one family can be a microcosm for change in society.
*The Sydney Morning Herald*
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