Review: The Weekend (Belvoir)
There is much to recognise and cherish in this adaptation of Charlotte Wood's touching novel of old friends reuniting.
Kate Prendergast is a writer, reviewer and creative cobbler based in Sydney. Her writing has been published in The Lifted Brow, Audrey Journal, Limelight, Overland and Time Out. She interviews authors and manages socials for Roaring Stories Bookshop in Balmain, Sydney.
There is much to recognise and cherish in this adaptation of Charlotte Wood's touching novel of old friends reuniting.
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