ACCLAIM GREETS THE BAD SEED...

'A story that brings Angela Carter to mind but grows luxuriantly and defiantly in home soil...'

Cath Kenneally Sydney Morning Herald, 11/11/05

'This subtle mental torture, teamed with Meehan's elegant prose, is captivating'.

Tony Maniaty Weekend Australian, 26/11/05

 'There is something of Elizabeth Jolley in her mix of the strange and the proper, and more than a whiff of Angela Carter's wicked fairytales too...'

Michelle Griffin The Age, 21/1/06

THE BAD SEED

Her young daughter has disappeared, sparking a massive murder hunt, and now her husband has gone walkabout in the bush with no plans to return.

Nothing is coming up roses for small-time gardening correspondent Agatha. So she plants the seeds of a new life in an isolated village in the dilapidated former home of a renowned witch.

A strange new lover and mysterious visitors from half a world away will not allow Agatha's own ghosts to rest and her garden produces dark honey and poison as Maurilia Meehan's tale builds to a chilling climax.

Sinister flora and phantoms flourish in this rich and unforgettable work from the pen of the award-winning author of the acclaimed "Performances", "Adultery", "The Sea People" and "Fury".

THE BAD SEED Paperback ISBN 1-905202-12-16.99 www.bewrite.net Copyright  2002, 2003, 2004 BeWrite Books. All rights reserved.