Seduced by the quick easy intimacy of email, Rebecca finds herself sqimming in deep uncharted waters. This fresh, warm and topical first novel is funny and poignant in turn , suspenseful, and highly believable.
It is a fascinating story about different kinds of love, the shadow of obsession, and a journey in self-discovery and knowledge.
Rhonda Bartle won the 1999 BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award with her short story Greenwich Mean Time, which was adapted from part of this novel.
She is widely published and broadcast, and blesses the advent of email because writing is such isolated work. 'Email becomes the social equivalent of the office smoko, having coffee with your colleagues or a beer with your mates.'