THE CLOTHESLINE by Krista Schade

Where lives intertwine.

Fans of Nicola and Liane Moriarty will love this dark contemporary fiction by exciting new Australian writer Krista Schade. Tasmin is fighting for survival in an abusive life, until her neighbour, the tenacious Fairy, vows to help her escape.

Can this unlikely friendship save them both?Tasmin is a young woman facing her own demise, urged into unspeakable action by a kindly neighbour, and from her pain rises the personal stories of an eclectic cast of unlikely characters.

"This was beautifully written--not flowery, but gorgeously constructed.

The flow of the story was really cleverly done, and I loved that somewhere within the pages of each chapter we would meet the 'star' of the following chapter, until everything came together perfectly.

Each character was real, believable, and intriguing; and the intertwining storylines and were equal parts engrossing, unsettling, and heart wrenching." review by booksborrowbuy.

The Clothesline is the debut novel of Australian writer Krista Schade, exploring the fractured dynamics of family life, the dear friends who become family, and the search for hope.