14 Mar 2021

Novelist Stephanie Johnson offers two views on change

From Standing Room Only, 2:40 pm on 14 March 2021
Stephanie Johnson

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In Stephanie Johnson's new novel Everything Changes we meet Colette, who's addicted to change, and her husband Davie who simply goes along with her plans.   These include leaving Auckland after an unfortunate incident with Colette's nippy dog Muzza.

And there's pregnant daughter Liv, who adores her father and thinks her mother doesn't appreciate how lucky she is to have Davie by her side.

We meet the family in their new house in Northland - in fact it's a rundown old motel Colette plans to turn into a retreat.

Lynn Freeman asks Stephanie Johnson why some people embrace change, while others avoid it.

Everything Changes by Stephanie Johnson is published by Vintage Random House New Zealand.