Collected Stories

by Lily Brett

This collection brings together the two sequences of stories that were published as Things Could be Worse and What God Wants, following the lives of a company of Melbourne friends who survived the holocaust, and the complex lives of the children they raised. Always under the shadow of their terrible history, the closeknit Jewish community portrayed in these stories tackles life with exuberance, passion and extraordinary humour.

Genres: Short Stories

444 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Fiona Thatcher · Rating 2 out of 5]

this started off interestingly enough but then got quickly bogged down in wretched, self-absorbed and judgemental characters and meaningless storylines

[Gail Kennon]

wonderful and warm interlinked stories of ordinary and memorable people...ending on a great note of hope.