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A review by gardensong
Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight
3.0
I grew up in Canberra and I've moved out now, moved across the world, and I miss home. I don't relate to many of the experiences in this collection of short stories, but there's that feeling of longing of the suburbs here that made my heart pang. There's something so Australian about the way she describes all that desire, all that loss. It reminds me of hot summers sat inside, both bored and in love with your friends.
Some of the stories, I think, are misplaced in this collection, and those are the ones written in the third person or from an adult perspective. I think the short stories from the point of view of the young women in this collection work the best - but all in all it's a good collection made better by context. I found it very easy to connect because of the way I grew up, but that doesn't mean that no one else would find a lot of merit in these stories. The one about the sisters that move to London is particularly powerful, as is the title story.
Some of the stories, I think, are misplaced in this collection, and those are the ones written in the third person or from an adult perspective. I think the short stories from the point of view of the young women in this collection work the best - but all in all it's a good collection made better by context. I found it very easy to connect because of the way I grew up, but that doesn't mean that no one else would find a lot of merit in these stories. The one about the sisters that move to London is particularly powerful, as is the title story.