Locust Girl: A Lovesong

by Merlinda Bobis

Most everything has dried up: water, the womb, even the love among lovers. Hunger is rife and survival desperate, except across the border. One night, a village is bombed for attempting to cross the border. Nine-year old Amedea is buried underground and sleeps to survive. Ten years later, she wakes with a locust embedded in her brow. A magical fable, this is a girl's journey through devastation and humanity's contemporary wound: the border. Deeply...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742199623
• ISBN13: 9781742199627
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Spinifex Press
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"