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The Secret Lives of Men by Georgia Blain

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April 2013, no. 350

The Secret Lives of Men by Georgia Blain

Scribe, $27.95 pb, 256 pp, 9781922070357

The Secret Lives of Men by Georgia Blain

by
April 2013, no. 350

In one of Georgia Blain’s subtle, beautifully paced stories, a young girl is given an IQ test. Believing it to be a game, she is outraged when her older brother crows about his results and she realises she has been evaluated. Later, as an adult, she can put her childhood indignation into words: ‘I thought it was just a matter of random chance. I should have been told that there was a predetermined pattern for me to decipher, and rules to follow.’ But at eight she can only protest at the psychologist’s betrayal: ‘She never said it was a test.’

Denise O'Dea reviews 'The Secret Lives of Men' by Georgia Blain

The Secret Lives of Men

by Georgia Blain

Scribe, $27.95 pb, 256 pp, 9781922070357

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