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The Last Taboo : A Love Story single work   novella  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Last Taboo : A Love Story
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'He insists on a hotel room. You want him to stay with your family - you, Graeme and daughters, Sal and Janie. I want you to stay with your sisters. You almost say this on the phone but change it to half-sisters in your head and that doesn't sound right either so you banish it to the place in your brain that overflows with unspoken things... ' (Introduction)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Griffith Review Earthly Delights : The Novella Project IV no. 54 2016 10641945 2016 periodical issue

    'Griffith Review once again showcases some of the best new Australian fiction with its fourth novella competition, Earthly Delights.' (Publication abstract)

    2016
    pg. 108-137

Works about this Work

Interview with Suzanne McCourt Lauren E. Mitchell , 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 54 2016;
'Suzanne McCourt’s first novel The Lost Child (Text, 2014) was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2015. Her novella ‘The Last Taboo: A Love Story’, published in Griffith Review 54: Earthly Delights, is a confronting story about the fraught relationship that develops between a mother and son reunited in later life after she gave him up for adoption as a teenager. In this interview, she discusses her lengthy struggle to win the confidence to become a writer, and the importance of enchantment in her creative work.' (Publication abstract)
Interview with Suzanne McCourt Lauren E. Mitchell , 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 54 2016;
'Suzanne McCourt’s first novel The Lost Child (Text, 2014) was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2015. Her novella ‘The Last Taboo: A Love Story’, published in Griffith Review 54: Earthly Delights, is a confronting story about the fraught relationship that develops between a mother and son reunited in later life after she gave him up for adoption as a teenager. In this interview, she discusses her lengthy struggle to win the confidence to become a writer, and the importance of enchantment in her creative work.' (Publication abstract)
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