Pearls: Narrative strands

In the pages of Pearls, Tracy Crisp entwines the pull of grief, the push of creative ambition, the messiness of family and friendships, and the many possible versions of ourselves.

Tracy’s father has just died, and she’s helping to clear out her childhood home in Port Pirie. But she still cannot find the pearls – her mother’s pearls, lost ever since her mother died in a car accident, not long after Tracy wore the pearls for her own wedding.

Followed by grief, Tracy moves with her young family...