Novel set in 1973. When 27-year-old Renata is injured in a mountain fall, she is forced to lie encased in plaster in her hospital bed while her family members squabble around her. Whilst confined, she does daily battle with the frustration, anger and depression of the situation, all the while coming to terms with the post-60s, post-Vietnam progression of the era. Author previously wrote the 1995 National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction winner,...