Act of Grace by Anna Krien entitlement yet existentially as anxious as

yet existentially as anxious as ever

to sketch the kind of conservatism that seems scarce in Australia

historians cannot be the midwives of national identity and also be true to their profession: history cannot do the work of myth

So says the ever-practical Ruby

Act of Grace by Anna Krien entitlement yet existentially as anxious asIraqi aspiring pianist Nasim falls from favour with Saddam Hussein and his psychopathic son, triggering a perilous search for safety. In Australia, decades later, Gerry is in fear of his tyrannical father, Toohey, who has returned from the Iraq War bearing the physical and psychological scars of conflict. Meanwhile, Robbie is dealing with her own fathers dementia when the past enters the present. These characters worlds intertwine in a brilliant