'Dragon Dancing' is the story of Caz, artist and mother, and the slow yet oddly liberating death of her marriage. It is also the story of Caz's search for the truth about her long-dead mother, who once travelled to China where she was involved in a love affair.
The novel moves from rural New South Wales to Melbourne, and later the Blue Mountains. Each move signals a further disintegration of Caz and Paul's relationship. The poignant description of the slow, uneven and often interrupted collapse of a once-cherished marriage, cemented by love, need and children, is painful in its accuracy. The author writes with the eye of a painter, and her portraits of the distressed Jack and Nell, innocent yet wise in the manner of children, is as penetrating as anything in recent literature.
Traversing continents and cultures, 'Dragon Dancing' also concerns a woman's anguished exploration of her dead mother's life and loves, and her passionate search for the source of her mother's inspirations and influences.
