Meaghan Katrak

Dr Meaghan Katrak is a social worker and academic. She lives and works in Sydney Australia, but still calls the Mallee home.

Small Town Story: It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you

They say the good thing about small towns is everybody knows you. They say the bad thing about small towns is everybody knows you. You’ve felt the weight of both of these truths in your life, in your small town. It’s true, however, that as a very young Mum there was a certain protection, a certain safety in being known, of your family being known. Of being ‘someone’ in this place.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 48, April 2021

Meaghan Katrak

Dr Meaghan Katrak is a social worker and academic. She lives and works in Sydney Australia, but still calls the Mallee home.

Small Town Story: It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you

They say the good thing about small towns is everybody knows you. They say the bad thing about small towns is everybody knows you. You’ve felt the weight of both of these truths in your life, in your small town. It’s true, however, that as a very young Mum there was a certain protection, a certain safety in being known, of your family being known. Of being ‘someone’ in this place.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 48, April 2021

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