The characters are victim to their own secret desires. The book is written whimsically but deals with some very adult themes – secrets and deception, weakness, self-doubt, and adultery. The young characters in this book, Listen and Cassie, aren’t paid quite as much attention as the adults – Cath and the Zing sisters, Marbie and Fancy. What has Cath got to do with the Zing family secret? There is a girl in her class called Cassie Zing, whose mother writes her notes almost daily.
Now she is facing a potential romantic disaster. Everything in her life has always fallen into place. As things begin to unravel she relies on its promises.Ĭath teaches Grade 2 and studies Law part-time. Listen finds an odd spell book and follows the instructions carefully. Listen wonders if it might be the secret of happy families, as her real mother ran away to Paris. Listen Taylor’s Dad has just moved in with Marbie Zing.
Every Friday night they meet in the garden shed to discuss it. (Review first published in Viewpoint, vol.
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