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Emily Maguire (1) (1976–)

Autor de La fiera indomable

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Emily Maguire was born in Canaberra, Australia in 1976. She became a professional writer in her mid-twenties. She worked for the National Roads and Motorists' Association and Telstra Corporation Limited. Her articles and essays on sex, religion and culture have been published in newspapers and mostrar más journals including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Financial Review, The Age and the Observer. She is the author of the non-fiction work, Princesses and Pornstars. Her novels include Taming the Beast, The Gospel According to Luke, Smoke in the Room, Fishing for Tigers, and An Isolated Incident. mostrar menos
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Obras de Emily Maguire

La fiera indomable (2004) 223 copias
An isolated incident (2016) 117 copias
Love Objects (2021) 64 copias
Gospel According to Luke (2006) 32 copias
Smoke in the Room (2009) 23 copias
Fishing for Tigers (2012) 23 copias

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Murder mystery that shifted theme and tone towards the end.
 
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secondhandrose | 10 reseñas más. | Oct 31, 2023 |
Forty-five-year-old Nic seems to be on top of it all. She is living in her inherited family home (much to the chagrin of her estranged sister), has a stable job in a local supermarket which she has held for over thirty years and appears happily resigned to a single life. But things are not quite as they seem. Her thin veneer of calm hides a multitude of sins. Her family history is a mix of lies, too-soon deaths and criminal endeavours. She clings desperately to her relationships with niece Lena and keeps herself happy by saving ‘love objects’. She is a hoarder. When she has a fall in her house, as a result of the piles of rubbish and tat, everything unravels as her secret life is made public.
But Nic is not the only one whose personal life has been put out there for all to see. Lena, a twenty-year-old university student has struggled to get into university. She scored a scholarship to cover her course fees and student through sheer grit and determination and by reworking her school grades through the TAFE system. She has no cash, some great friends and is struggling to maintain her GPA. When she falls for a handsome jock, she is lured into having sex with him in another student’s room. Within days of the event, a secret video of the encounter is splashed all over the internet. Lena stops attending Uni, quits her job, and ploughs her energies into cleaning out Nic’s place so that she can return home from the hospital.
Will, Lena’s bother, the final character in the trio, is not long out of prison. He stuck in Mackay, recently retrenched, and his personal relationship is in tatters. He moves to Sydney to help Lena with Nic, and hopefully find a way to rebuild his life and restore his shattered dreams.
“Love Objects” is a story about fractured family relationships, mental illness and trying to find one’s place in a world when you don’t really seem to fit. It is challenging and beautiful all at once. The characters are endearing, and each offer relatable characteristics and situations in at least some parts of their individual stories.
The story unfolds using third-person narration, with the point of view switching between Nic, Lena and Will. The plot flows smoothly, seamlessly interweaving between the character’s stories. The chapters are well set out and easy to read for those who read on the go. My only criticism is that the story resolves a little too quickly and a bit too neatly, considering the depth of the family issues and psychological trauma covered in the stories.
Emily Maguire has written three non-fiction books and six other novels, including “An Isolated Incident”.
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SarahEBear | otra reseña | May 14, 2021 |
Emily Maguire is one of Australia's most dynamic writers: she tackles difficult contemporary topics in fiction which is engrossing, sensitive and deeply satisfying to read.

Love Objects is the story of a single woman whose independence is under threat because she has a hoarding disorder. Nic is only forty-five, but when she has a fall, triggered by the chaos of treasured possessions in her home, she lies unable to move for days. Help does not come until her niece Lena realises something is wrong when Nic doesn't turn up for their usual Sunday lunch. The ambos can barely get into the house because the corridors are stacked to the ceiling with old newspapers and magazines, and Lena, who—despite her close relationship with her aunt—hasn't been inside the house for some years, is horrified by the state of it. She's appalled by the social worker's suggestion that Nic might not be 'allowed' to return home, but is immediately conflicted by the promise she makes to Nic that she won't throw anything out. To get Nic home involves betrayal.

Lena is guilt-stricken that she didn't know about the situation, but she has a serious problem of her own. A casual sexual encounter with another student who she really likes, turns into a nightmare when without her knowledge or consent he shared a video of it and it went viral. Though her face is obscured, she's easily recognisable by a distinctive scar on her arm, and a barrage of disgusting messages and revolting comments on her phone ensue. It turns out that this video was premeditated by a cohort of these privileged students, with cameras set up beforehand. It was carefully edited so that he can't be identified and uploaded to a site where her appearance and performance are 'rated'. All sorts of problems arise because Lena is so overwhelmed and distressed by this that she keeps her phone turned off most of the time.

Maguire writes about class in Australia with discernment, and the background of this family is complex. Lena's college accommodation is dependent on her fulfilling the terms of her enrolment, which adds to her problems when she has to drop everything to help Nic, skipping classes and an important appointment. Although she's obviously intelligent, she's not a great student, and she feels out of her depth socially and intellectually. Aunty Nic became the mother Lena wanted to have because her home offered fun and laughter and not taking things too seriously... but as Lena finds out about the complex psychological issues involved in hoarding, she begins to realise that the hoarding is a response to some distress that she didn't know about.

To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2021/05/11/love-objects-by-emily-maguire/
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anzlitlovers | otra reseña | May 11, 2021 |
An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire is a highly recommended novel which focuses on an act of violence against a woman, the grief of losing a loved one, and media scrutiny of crimes against women.

Chris is a barmaid at a local pub in the small town of Strathdee, Australia. When her younger sister Bella is found brutally murdered, not only must Chris deal with her unimaginable grief and persistent questions of why Bella and who would do this, she also has to deal with the media storm that descends on the city. Her ex, Nate, comes to stand by her side as he also mourns Bella. Chris is a tough character who is used to using her assets, so to speak, to get better tips as well as other compensation. The community is silently judging her while upholding the proper, loveliness that was Bella. The whole town is mourning.

Reporters are ascending upon the town and are ruthless. May Norman is a reporter who has just broken up with her married lover and has been sent to Strathdee to cover the murder. She is writing about the crime while missing her lover and thinking about him a lot. Her goal is to get a one-on-one interview with Chris for more inside information to sell a bigger story.

This is more an examination of the trauma that survivors experience when a loved one is murdered and there are no suspects. While the police investigation is certainly part of the story, the novel is not a murder mystery and does not carefully follow the investigation. Instead, chapters alternate between the points-of-view of Chris and May. The two women reflect upon their lives and what they are going through. Setting the murder aside, it is in many ways a novel of gender inequality and explores what many women encounter at the hands of men. There are also supernatural elements as Chris experiences what she feels is Bella's presence.

The writing is compelling and I wanted to find out what happened to Bella and who the perpetrator was, but the ending was actually a huge let down. The novel does conclude, but it's all rushed, matter-of-fact information. This is an uneven novel that will hold your attention throughout, but you may feel as I did, dissatisfaction with the ending.

Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Eye Books.
http://www.shetreadssoftly.com/2018/11/an-isolated-incident.html
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SheTreadsSoftly | 10 reseñas más. | Nov 2, 2018 |

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