Our lives, influenced as they are by our upbringing and past relationships, are both comic and even tragic. Such is the case in Rachel Matthews’ novel, Never Look Desperate, as the central characters look for understanding as well as intimacy.

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Eight books to read – The Age/Sydney Morning Herald/Brisbane Times
Middle-aged dating had a desperate hue even before the digital era, and it takes on tragicomic colours in Rachel Matthews’ Never Look Desperate, a



