The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy audiobook
On the eve of flying to Antarctica to take up an arts fellowship, thirty-something Janice, recently separated, has a long night of remembrance, regret and realisation as she goes about the city looking for a friend to take care of her fridge while she’s away.
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Janice is a writer currently working on a novel when her relationship breaks down.
Miles has moved out prompting Janice to apply for an Arts New Zealand scholarship to Antarctica.
Janice has had the tables turned on her, and Miles and Dorothy are now in residence in the lovely apartment.
Janice begins her trek around Wellington in search of a temporary home for her handsome green refrigerator.
Janice is heading to the Antarctica Awards ceremony dragging her fridge with her. As she pauses outside parliament Janice recalls some grimmer aspects of her colourful childhood. This episode contains content which some listeners may find disturbing.
Janice, the Antarctica bound writer still has the problem of what to do with her fridge while she's away
Janice has managed to lose touch with her group of Antarctica bound artists but has had no such luck with her beloved fridge.
Janice has shown dogged perseverance in dragging her burdensome fridge around Wellington but is still in search of a home for her cherished chiller.
Lesser souls would have given up but not Janice. She may have been rejected by her fellow writers, her ex-boyfriend, various publishers and drinking buddies, but all that rejection is merely fodder for her creativity, she is a woman on a mission and will never give up on finding a home for her cherished fridge.
Heroic polar treks are very much part of Antarctic lore, so it is perhaps fitting that Janice prepares for her trip to the 'great southern continent', by hauling her fridge, (single handed), from downtown Wellington all the way to Island Bay.