We Were Not Men

'We were sons, we were brothers. I didn't know how to be either.'
This
is a story about love. About the love that nine-year-old twins Jon and
Eden Hardacre have for their mum, for the creek that they swim in, for
each other - this is the love that they trust, that's clear and pure as
sunlight, as honey, as water.
But in the wake of a terrible
accident, the boys have to grow up fast. They compete with each other to
make the Olympic Games swimming squad, fall in love with the same girl,
and begin to realise how complicated love can be and how it doesn't
always show itself in the ways that we expect.
Heart-hammeringly original, intense and deeply moving, We Were Not Men
is a powerhouse of a novel about all the various faces that love shows
us and how sometimes, distracted by life, ambition or attraction, we
take it for granted until it's too late - or almost too late. An unforgettable novel that pulses with grief, revelation, hope and love.