Save Me, Joe Louis

by Kate Jennings

125 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1988

About the author

Kate Jennings was a poet, essayist, short-story writer and novelist. Both her novels, Snake and Moral Hazard, were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She has won the ALS Gold Medal, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Adelaide Festival fiction prize. Born in rural New South Wales, she has lived in New York since 1979.

Her most recent books are Stanley and Sophie, Quarterly Essay 32: American Revolution and Trouble: Evolution of a Radical.

Reviews

[Antonia Jackson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read it all only because author is an Aussie who lives in New York permanently. Did not get into the short stories until the aussie link was fleshed out beyond the Sydney beaches to the childhoods and the backgrounds of the mum and dad. Interesting to me as my husband is from the MIA area and knows all the towns mentioned. the mother's story would be a ripper