![]() ![]() The game of football and the people surrounding it fill the void left by tragedy on the home front. ![]() Somewhere deep down I’m ashamed of my gloating, but it’s pretty deep and easy to ignore. Hayes admits in a Hypable interview with Marama Whyte to mining her own childhood for the background for this novel (and you can detect the similarities between Hayes and the central character, Shelley, who allows herself to be almost swallowed up by the fans and the players and the hype that make up the world of Aussie Rules).ĭespite some minor insecurity, Shelly knows herself pretty well: It’s also no secret that I am a huge fan of Australian voices in fiction and The Whole of my World is distinctly Australian. ![]() I am no expert when it comes to young adult fiction but, as I can own to being young at heart and having a healthy respect for the game of Australian Rules Football (around which much of the action in The Whole of My World revolves), I claim enough confidence to review this entertaining novel by Nicole Hayes. ![]()
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