Catherine Chidgey at the Constant Reader
Constant Reader
Tue, 13 Oct
6:30pm – 8:00pm
From $15 + fees
ABOUT THE EVENT
Join us to hear award-winning New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey discuss her brand new book The Starving Bride.
6.15pm for 6.30pm start. Wine and nibbles will be served.
About the book
Provocative and utterly gripping, The Starving Bride is a razor-sharp exploration of beauty, shame, the impacts of ignoring the warning signs of catastrophe and the dangerous allure of spectacle in a world that can’t look away.
England, the near future.
Dumped by her boyfriend, fired from her job and estranged from her parents, Hazel Whitlock signs up for a sideshow act in Blackpool. The seaside resort has revived all the cancelled old favourites and she will be the Starving Bride.
On display in the iconic Blackpool Tower, with a ravenous lion prowling the enclosure, Hazel must lie in silence while spectators view her.
As the days tick down, thousands…
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