AWW21 The Mother Fault - Kate Mildenhall

The world shifted slowly, then so fast, while they watched but
didn’t see.


In Kate Mildenhall’s compulsive The Mother Fault, Mim’s
comfortable, micro-chipped life in suburban Melbourne and her
assumptions about the neutrality of the omniscient Department are
upended when her husband Ben goes missing while working in
Indonesia.   Set in a near future and very recognisable
Australia,  The Mother Fault is at once a literary thriller,
a family drama and a riveting exploration of the consequences of
a passive population and the costs – and rewards – of fighting
back.


Chaired by Cath Kenneally