| Summary |
This is a novel of one woman's facade and how it falls; an undoing that is both ordinary and compelling. This is a story of estrangement from kin, friendship, love, self and country - one that will be familiar to many, and surprising, for it is often a shock to see one's reflection. When Mina receives an urgent call from her best friend back in Melbourne, her world is turned upside down. Her reclusive mother, Elaine, has left the house for the first time in twelve years. Mina drops everything to fly home, only to discover that Elaine will not talk about her sudden return to the world, nor why she's spent so much time hiding from it. Their reunion leaves Mina raking through pieces of their painful past in a bid to uncover the truth. Both tender and fierce, heartbreaking and funny, Kokomo is a story about how secrets and love have the power to bring us together and tear us apart. A coming-of-age novel for the Peter Pan generation, this novel juggles the dissatisfactions of sex, marriage, and corporate ambition with deceptive lightness and radiant empathy. |
