Description
Celia, Marcia, and Mickey meet and become friends in London. Searching for work and success in the theatre, they end up sharing a flat and a deep bond of friendship.
Set in Italy, London and Australia from the sixties to current times, Trio is the story of their complex personalities and relationships, of the betrayals and desires that threaten to undermine what is in hindsight most important to them. London is vibrantly alive in these pages, filled with music and drama, as is eighties and contemporary Perth, Australia, and Calabria, Italy. But at its heart this is a novel about love and friendship, loss and memory; about three unforgettable characters, and the special moments in all our lives that, through perceived hurt or fear, sometimes threaten to fall away and be lost forever. In this, her fourth novel, Geraldine Wooller captures with masterful wit and intelligence, and without a hint of sentimentality the essence of the human predicament.
Reading Group Notes for Trio are now available for download here
‘A marvel of concise eloquence, artful storytelling and finely wrought insight.’
Alice Nelson, Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year 2009
‘Wooller’s language is the essence of realism, it has the indelible tinge of truth.’
Neville Cohn, Oz Arts Review
… compelling and believable … Wooller’s prose is impeccable … engrossing.
Jay Daniel Thompson, Australian Book Review
Studded with pithy little life lessons and hard won insights, Trio moves at a meditative pace, one that will suit readers who prefer a reflective rather than an action driven novel. Wooller seeks to address life’s big questions of love, loss, grief and growing old: how do we live, where do we belong and how do we become who we are? After life has ‘belted her about a bit’, Celia finally concedes that the most important relationship she will ever have is with herself.
Sally Keighery, Readings Monthly http://www.readings.com.au/products/19057012/trio
… wise and thoughtful.
Lisa Hill, http://anzlitlovers.com/2015/04/10/trio-by-geraldine-wooller/
Wooller reveals the contradictions of inner life with limpid intelligence, and achieves difficult effects, such as weaving a complex sense of nostalgia without collapsing into sentiment.
Cameron Woodhead, Age/ Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/in-short-fiction-by-tatiana-salem-levy-alan-gold-geraldine-wooller-sunmi-hwang-20150216-13fp4h.html
The author ponders the nature of secrets and acknowledges what is unspoken can still be destructive towards a relationship.
Amanda Ellis, The West Australian
