Forever Young

Forever Young
ISBN: 9781460752579
Publication Date: 25 July 2016

And is nostalgia not so much a longing for a place or a time, as a longing for youth itself

Forever Young is set against the tumultuous period of change and uncertainty that was Australia in 1977. Whitlam is about to lose the federal election, and things will never be the same again. the times they are a'changing. Radicals have become conservatives, idealism is giving way to realism, relationships are falling apart, and Michael is finally coming to accept that he will never be a rock and roll musician.

A subtle and graceful exploration of the passage of time and our yearning for the seeming simplicities of the past, Forever Young is a powerfully moving work - clear. beautiful, affecting - by one of our greatest authors.

About the Author

Critically acclaimed, award-winning author Steven Carroll was born in Melbourne and grew up in Glenroy. He went to La Trobe University and taught English in high schools before playing in bands in the 1970s. In 2008, his Glenroy novel The Time We Have Taken won the Miles Franklins Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Award and the Age Book of the Year Award. In 2014, his novel A World Of Other People was co-winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award.