Like a House on Fire

From prizewinning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots . In Like a House on Fire , Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies and injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. In 'Laminex and Mirrors', a young woman working as a cleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor's orders...