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This haunting novel narrated by a book stayed with me for weeks
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Angela O’Keeffe’s compelling new novel, Phantom Days, is a haunting contemplation of the power (or, perhaps more precisely, the agency) of stories.
Isabel, in her thirties, ends a short romance with Lewis after an act of violence he attempts to obscure. Shortly afterwards, she develops a phantom pregnancy: while her body behaves as though she is pregnant, there is no foetus.
Review: Phantom Days – Angela O'Keeffe (University of Queensland Press)
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