The Ruthless Garden is an astonishingly assured first novel.Set in the Sout Australian Riveralnd this is a rich and often funny account of contemporary small town Australian life. On a cliff-top farm just outside the town of Newera, the enormously overweight and dominating Athena Masters is engaged in a power struggle with her inarticulate and emotionally illiterate lover, Sam.With pathos and humour, the novel explores the history of a doomed relationship and the history of the landscape. The original inhabitants, the Ngawaut Aborigines, saw the lands as a garden but the European settlers saw the land as a wilderness to be tamed.
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Margaret Simons is an Australian author whose work delves into the intricacies of media and its future evolution. Through her academic research and journalistic practice, she uncovers the complexities of the media landscape and its societal impact. Her writing is characterized by sharp analysis and insightful commentary on topics shaping public discourse. Simons strives to understand and illuminate the dynamics of communication and its ever-changing terrain for her readers.
