Jessie Cole's memoir investigates desire after trauma
- Written by: Lisa Featherstone, Associate Professor in Australian History and the History of Sexuality, The University of Queensland
Desire's story of loss and longing is threaded with moments of hope, like a 'dangerous but invigorating' ocean swim.Mickael Gresset/Unsplash, CC BYDesire: A Reckoning is a remarkable contemporary memoir. Its author, Jessie Cole, is unafraid to be vulnerable – in her life and her writing. This, her fourth book (and second memoir) is an...
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