Linda Burgess — On the Grapevine: a Novel
University of Otago Press 1996 Paperback, 200pp. A novel of the nineties, On the Grapevine is about being grown-up and not getting it right all of the time. Worse - Sally, Teresa and Daniel live in a provincial town, where the most private news quickly finds its way on to 'the grapevine'. What's on the grapevine? Gossip, speculation, hard truths and fabrications, the stories we keep secret, the ones we let go. Love, trust and friendship - what do they mean? This sequel to Between Friends is a richly textured novel, superb in its detail, quick in its wit. (ISBN: 9781877133121). Good.