Fragile Creatures
A Memoir
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Fragile Creatures
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Narrated by:
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Khin Myint
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Max Brown
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Khin Myint
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Khin's sister Theda has a strange illness and a euthanasia drug locked in a box under her bed. Her doctor thinks her problem is purely physical, and so does she, but Khin is not so sure. He knows what they both went through growing up in Perth – it wasn't welcoming back then for a Burmese-Australian family.
With Theda's condition getting worse, Khin heads off to the United States. He needs to sort things out with his ex-partner. Once there, events take a very odd turn, and he finds himself in court.
This is a family story told with humour, wonderment and complete honesty. It's about care, truth and the hardest choices – and what happens when realities clash. How do we balance responsibility for others with what we owe ourselves? Fragile Creatures will sweep you up and leave you stunned at its power.
2025, Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, Winner
2025, Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-Fiction, Short-listed
©2024 Khin Myint (P)2024 Bolinda PublishingCritic reviews
'The miracle of this book is the writer's tone: calm, patient and searching, steadfast in the face of unthinkable suffering' (Helen Garner, award-winning author of The Spare Room)