Read her interview with Cath Moore about Metal Fish, Falling Snow here. Fourteen-year-old Dylan has always been troubled by her black skin, the legacy of her absent. Jacqui Davies is a freelance writer and reviewer based in South Australia. Astonishingly original, heartfelt and funny, Metal Fish, Falling Snow is recommended for readers 12 and up. Through Dylan’s encounters with the land and her struggle with her inner demons, Moore explores ideas of self-acceptance, identity and belonging. First-time novelist Cath Moore renders Dylan’s uniqueness with grace and humour, imbuing her with endearing turns of phrase and eccentricities that make for an unforgettable character. Pat just wants the best for Dylan, whose unique way of seeing the world makes her vulnerable, while Dylan, who feels like a stranger in her own skin, plans on finding the boat she has always dreamed about and rowing her mum’s spirit across the ocean back to her home in France. Though raised in Australia she has also lived in Scotland and Belgium. On the journey Dylan’s ‘stupid smarts’ get her and Pat into a series of predicaments as she flees with a busload of grandmas, crashes Pat’s car and gets into a fight with local boys. Born in Guyana, Cath Moore is of Irish/Afro-Caribbean heritage. However, Dylan and Pat have different ideas about what will happen when they reach their destination. Left alone with her mum’s boyfriend Pat, Dylan has no choice but to leave her hometown and join him on a road trip through the outback to meet her absent Guyanese-born father’s family. Dylan blames herself for her mum’s recent tragic death.
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