Maxine Phillips thinks she's got it all worked out. She's found the future in the hard, fast, relentless bass lines that drive her forward and keep her safe from the past: the mother she's never known, her beloved grandmother who died just a few years ago, and her grandfather Reg, so trapped in his grief that he scarcely notices Max anymore. Not that it bothers Max. Reg would never understand her new life, her dreams, her new job as a DJ. Once she and Reg were inseparable but now, ironically, they have been driven apart by their love of music. And by the past, of course, rising up and filling the space inside the beat, bursting Max's insides wide open with all the memories - and what's the point of that? Maxine Phillips is about to find out.

 

This book was published 2011 by Hachette Australia .

Lisa Forrest is a TV and radio broadcaster, actor and writer. She lives in Sydney with her husband, Jesse, and their cat, Sugar Ray. While she was never quite an international sports star, she did swim for Australia as a teenager. She competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in 1978 and in Brisbane in 1982, where she won two gold medals.