The Rest Is Weight Stories

A girl searches for her lost grandmother while her parents quarrel at home. A young architect finds herself entangled by a strange commission. A man contemplates inertia after toxic fallout changes life in a remote Australian town. A woman imagines a mother's love for her autistic son.The award-winning stories in The Rest is Weight reflect Jennifer Mills' years in Central Australia, as well as her travels to Mexico, Russia and China. Sometimes dreamy and hypnotic, sometimes dark, comic and wry, Mills weaves themes of longing, alienation, delusion, resilience, and love. Collected or on their own, these stories are both a joy and wonder to read.'Shifting effortlessly from the naturalistic to the deeply surreal, these stories conjure a whole sensory universe and the exiles who inhabit it with images that lodge in your hear and just won't leave. Mills' precision is breathtaking.' Cate KennedyPraise for Jennifer Mills'Clearly a talent.' Australian Book Review'Highly original.' Sydney Morning Herald'Brilliant.' Bookseller + Publisher

Jennifer Mills is the author of The Diamond Anchor and Gone and a regular contributor to New Matilda online magazine. She is the recipient of a Marian Eldridge Award and a Northern Territory Literary Award for best short story. Her work has been featured in various publications, including Best Australian Stories 2007, Griffith Review, and Hecate journal.