Painting over the cracks Susannah Rickard and anxious to understand the

and anxious to understand the person she has become

an antidote to the highlight reel that is social media

or his given language’s

Winner of the 2024 Prototype Prize

His books include biographies of Oliver St

Painting over the cracks Susannah Rickard and anxious to understand thePainting Over the Cracks is novelist Sophie Buchaillards poetry debut. Inspired by her life and a series of workshops she ran with survivors of abuse, this collection explores the relationship between unspoken shame and fraying family ties, and the healing power of expression, friendship, and community in overcoming trauma. Split into four chronological sections, the collection travels from the anxieties of a single mother to memories of buried