Miri was whole, once. She had a best friend, once. She knew who she was - or she thought she did. But now she is a million lonely molecules, flying through the air to a new life on the other side of the world. Rome is light and loud and cobblestones and gelaterias and ancient buildings next to modern ones. Rome is new people and a chance to get out of her head. Or is it into her head she needs to go, to find herself again? A poetic novel about friendship, family, forgiveness, trauma, love and happiness from an incomparable author.

Details

ISBN13: 9781761771385
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 352
Edition:
Publication Date: 01 Sep 2026
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Publication City, Country: Sydney, Australia
Dimensions (cm): 23(H)x15.4(L)x2.6(W)345
Weight (gm): 345

Author Biography

Helena Fox is an author, poet and creative writing mentor living on Dharawal Country in Wollongong, Australia. Helena's debut novel, How It Feels to Float, won the Prime Minister's Literary Award and Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Writing for Young Adults in 2020. Her second novel, The Quiet and the Loud, won the NSW Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize in 2024. Helena's short stories and poetry appear in literary journals, anthologies and online. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College (USA).

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