The Bonesetter's Fee and Other Stories brings light to the growing pains of the migrant experience. Murphy explores themes of identity, breathing life into superstition and myth. The collection encapsulates how one's heritage and history can influence their personhood, and how human connection and understanding links us together. With each story unique, Murphy links her cultural legends and customs to modern Australian society. The Bonesetter's Fee and Other Stories is a captivating and inspiring collection of work, weaving a little bit of mystery into the reader's life.
Runner-Up, 2021 Carmel Digital Literary Award
'Crisp and observant, these stories give a powerful voice to quiet experience.' Brooke Dunnell
“Rashida Murphy compresses lifetimes into these nuanced and intimate stories where characters grapple with ways of being and belonging. Her characters remake lives in shifting terrain where sometimes it is barely possible to speak, let alone be heard. The echoes of absences, and of unspoken, misremembered and intentionally forgotten events, ripple across time and place.” Michelle Michau Crawford
