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Diana Reid

Signs of Damage

Diana Reid

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Ultimo Press
04 March 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction: special features; Australian Fiction

It was as if the present and the past were linked: a spider’s web, wherein a shock to one strand could make the whole structure shake.

The Kelly family’s idyllic holiday in the south of France is disturbed when Cass, a thirteen-year-old girl, goes missing. She’s discovered several hours later with no visible signs of injury. Everyone present dismisses the incident as a close brush with tragedy.

Sixteen years later, at a funeral for a member of the Kelly family, Cass collapses. The present and the past start to collide as buried secrets come to light and old doubts resurface. What really happened to Cass in the south of France? And what’s wrong with her now?

A gripping tale of unravelling memories and moral ambiguities, Signs of Damage wrestles with the difference between understanding other people, and trying to explain them.

Praise for Signs of Damage:

‘her best work since Love & Virtue.’—The Guardian

‘As with Diana Reid's debut Love & Virtue, Signs of Damage delves into questions of trauma, memory, friendship and what it means to have your story told by someone else. A page-turner that will give book clubs plenty to discuss.’—Sydney Morning Herald

‘The third offering from this talented Aussie author is already generating a lot of buzz and for good reason - it's as thrilling as her debut, Love & Virtue.’—Woman's Day

‘an engrossing, meticulously crafted drama.’—Books+Publishing

Praise for Love & Virtue: ‘An absolute cracker, Love & Virtue lobs right into the current moment with a clarifying light. I hope EVERYONE reads this book.’—Helen Garner, author of The First Stone and The Spare Room

‘Loved it … It’s electrifying.’—Annabel Crabb

‘I inhaled it … an amazing book.’—Mia Freedman

Praise for Seeing Other People:

‘This! Was! So! Good! ... Diana Reid you are in a total league of your own.’—Zara McDonald, Shameless Podcast

‘Seeing Other People will be the book of the summer.’—PedestrianTV

‘An extraordinary new voice in Aussie lit.’—Zoë Foster Blake, author of The Wrong Girl and Textbook Romance

By: Diana Reid
Imprint: Ultimo Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781761151095
ISBN 10: 1761151096
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 04 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Diana Reid is the Australian author of the bestselling novels Love & Virtue and Seeing Other People. Her debut, Love & Virtue, won the ABIA Book of the Year Award, the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award, the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Fiction Book of the Year Award, and the MUD Literary Prize. She was also named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist in 2022. Born in Sydney, she is currently based in London. Signs of Damage is her third novel.

Reviews for Signs of Damage

'Diana Reid’s third book is an engrossing, meticulously crafted drama that explores memory, trauma, repression and self-preservation, examining how these themes intersect, overlap, are misinterpreted or deliberately distorted to devastating consequences.' * Books+Publishing * 'in the spirit of Signs of Damage, take a seat poolside with a cocktail in hand and let the drama, with a side of social commentary, unfold.' * The Australian *

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