A Brief Affair
Alex Miller
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781761066573
Description:
A moving novel about storytelling, about truths, and love, from twice Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller.
From the bustling streets of China, to the ominous Cell 16 in an old asylum building, to the familiar sounds and sight of galahs flying over a Victorian farm, A Brief Affair is a tender love story.
On the face of it, Dr Frances Egan is a woman who has it all – a loving family and a fine career – until a brief, perfect affair reveals to her an imaginative dimension to her life that is wholly her own.
Fran finds the courage and the inspiration to risk everything and change her direction at the age of forty-two. This newfound understanding of herself is fortified by the discovery of a long-forgotten diary from the asylum and the story it reveals.
Written with humour, sensitivity and the wisdom for which Miller’s work is famous, this exquisitely compassionate novel explores the interior life and the dangerous navigation of love in all its forms.
My View:
This author has such a powerful yet subtle touch – his words to be savoured, his books to be treasured.
5 Stars *****
Reading, Writing and Riesling 
That’s the thing about love, isn’t it, Carol? It takes all sorts of forms, and it changes everything. It sounds as though this story has a solid sense of place, too. Glad you enjoyed it.
I have read a couple of this authors previous works Margot – such a wonderful way with words… a delight to read, he is a brilliant observer of the “human condition”