New books by Elizabeth Strout, Siri Hustvedt and Robert Forster in May
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-05-06 05:30 UTC+10:00
Section: Culture / Books
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Culture & Entertainment, Indigenous, Family
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The RuinersEllena SavageSummit, $34.99Six years after Ellena Savage’s acclaimed essay collection, Blueberries, comes her first novel. Pip has non-existent great expectations that are turned on their head when she inherits $50,000. She decamps to Athens with her partner, Sasha, and this very funny, sexy novel loosely continues the essays’ coming-of-age theme − albeit for someone approaching 30 − dealing here with the shadow of a dead mother, an estranged friend and an uncertain lover.
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