Darkness Runs Deep

The image of the book cover for Darkness Runs Deep by Claire McNeel includes the tagline 'In this small town's worst moment, with the community come together - or be driven apart? '.

A night scene of a light up rutted, gravel road with small scrubby bush beside it, the sky overhead is filled with stars.

In the darkest hour, a blood-soaked teenager flees the rural Gerandaroo football oval. Eight months later, Bess, a young teacher, returns home to Gerandaroo. A childhood game of dare with her former best-friend forces Bess to form a women's footy team to play against Denby, a rival town....Read more

Darkness Runs Deep, Claire McNeel

Growing up in any rural community in the 1970's meant a LOT of talk about football. The boys that played were always the hero's, the girls that watched never mentioned, except if they were connected to the tuck shop at the ground in some way. Or cleaning the change rooms, and the toilets,...Read more

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