Listen "Fawn Parker: Blending her own grief with fiction in new novel Hi, It’s Me"
Episode Synopsis
Fawn Parker's latest book centres on a woman navigating life immediately following the death of her mother. The novel is a finalist for this year’s Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Fawn and Mattea Roach talk about grief, loss and the real-life inspiration behind Hi, It's Me.
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