The first story in this volume, "Bombora", concerns Leo and Madeline's struggle to understand their relationship, unaware of the effects on their daughter, Annabel. The second story, "The Chiming of Light", follows the friendship of Rachel, Frank, Vince and Sam from university to their mid-20s.
Tegan Bennett Daylight is a fiction writer, teacher and critic. She is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories, Six Bedrooms, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Award, the ALS Gold Medal and the Steele Rudd Award. She lives in the Blue Mountains with her husband and two children.