The Beginner’s Guide to Living

YOUNG ADULT FICTION FINALIST

The Beginner’s Guide to Living
Lia Hills
Text Publishing
ISBN 978-1-921520-07-5 pb RRP $25.00
Target age 14+

Seventeen-year-old Will is in turmoil after the sudden death of his mother. Will begins a search for the answers he craved, using his mum’s old camera to document the experience and scrambles to find an idea for which he can live and die.

This is a stunning novel about grief, ideas and experience, about those moments in your life that change you forever.

Lia Hills is a poet, novelist and translator. Recent publications include her award-winning poetry collection, the possibility of flight. Her translation of Marie Darrieussecq’s novel, Tom Is Dead, was published by Text in 2009. Born in New Zealand, Lia now lives in Melbourne.