Through a Glass Darkly by Libby Hathorn - ISBN: 9781761099298
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Haunted memories, hidden secrets, and a pond revealing life’s true reflection.

Through a Glass Darkly

A Novel in Verse

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  • Paperback

    216 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2026

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Summary

Evie Walsh obsessively sits beside a garden pond, examining her life and loves and her bouts of deep depression. What is the significance of the men, of the places she returns to in her memories? Of the one man who recurs carrying as he does the terrible secret he wants to share only with her?

Her loves will take the reader back in time, deep into the heart of Sydney suburbia, the tempting bohemia of Kings Cross, the mystery of the Blue Mountains and to far away Normandy, France, as h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761099298
ISBN-10:1761099299
Author:Libby Hathorn
Publisher:Ginninderra Press
Imprint:Ginninderra Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:216
Release Date:1 March 2026
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Critics Review

In this intoxicating novel in verse, Evie Walsh reflects on her life and loves, and on the poets and places that have sustained her. Through a Glass Darkly is Libby Hathorn at the top of her game.

Magdalena Ball, Compulsive Reader

About The Author

Libby Hathorn

Born in Newcastle, NSW, Libby Hathorn is a renowned writer, poet and librettist whose works have been translated to several languages and adapted for stage and screen. She has won numerous Australian and international honours and awards including the Centenary Medal, the Alice Award for her distinguished contribution to Australian literature, the Asher Peace Prize, the Lady Cutler Award and the ABIA Pixie O’Harris Award for outstanding services to children’s literature. Hathorn has lectured in Creative Writing and is a frequent speaker at conferences and festivals.

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