AustLit
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Contents
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Cassie Lane : How to Dress a Dummy,
single work
essay
'How to Dress a Dummy speaks frankly of Cassie Lane’s battle for acceptance and will ring bells with many women.'
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Rosie Waterland : Every Lie I’ve Ever Told,
single work
essay
'Rosie Waterland gives a clear-eyed reckoning of her life in this new memoir.'
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The Godfather : Peter Corris on the Short Story Story,
single work
essay
'As an undergraduate I wrote self-regarding verses (I can’t dignify them as poems), which I submitted to student magazine editors who rightly rejected them. As a postgraduate I tried writing short stories. They were derivative of Hemingway and Maugham and were also rejected. I was discouraged and didn’t try a short story again until I’d abandoned academia and embarked on journalism.' (Introduction)
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Sarah Bailey : The Dark Lake,
single work
essay
'A debut novel set in a small Australian town, The Dark Lake is a police procedural with a hefty dose of romantic tension.'
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Peter Corris : Win, Lose or Draw,
single work
essay
'Clear observations and easy rhythms continue to give momentum in this final novel by Peter Corris.'
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Emma Viskic : And Fire Came Down,
single work
essay
'Emma Viskic explores difference, and its consequences, in this sequel to Resurrection Bay.'