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'In a small café in London a teenager, Ruth, and elderly artist, Harry, recognise something profound in each other. They strike up a conversation that leads to regular meetings and takes them on a journey through their memories of traumatic times. Harry has much to tell about his childhood beside the Canal St Martin in Paris. Ruth has collected stories about her mother’s childhood in the Yorkshire Dales and London. How much has the stain of tragedy charged these memories with the pain of loss and what use can be made of the pain?
Looking back on her special years with Harry, Ruth sees how shared memories — happy or sad — can reshape the ways in which we value the lives of others while fully living our own. Taking Harry back to Paris draws on a special relationship that will shape her own place in the world.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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‘Be Careful What You Remember’
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 29 no. 1 2019; (p. 15-20)
— Review of Sleep 2019 single work novel 'Catherine Cole’s new novel Sleep revolves around an extended family of women and the ways in which they manage intergenerational trauma. The protagonist, Ruth, struggles with issues of abandonment. She has to deal with the trauma of her mother, Monica, which had been passed down to Monica through her father, a survivor of the Second World War. He returned from the war a troubled and restless man, estranged from his family and the Yorkshire landscape of his childhood. He relocated the family from Yorkshire, where Monica had grown up, to London where they continued to move from house to house, with Monica and her sister always homesick for Yorkshire. Although they had never lived there, Monica’s daughter, Ruth, and her sister, Antoinette, remained deeply attached to the Yorkshire landscape of their mother’s childhood, and to the people who inhabited it, especially their Aunt Elsie.' (Introduction) -
Julie Keys Reviews Sleep by Catherine Cole
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 24 2019;
— Review of Sleep 2019 single work novel'As a child Ruth does not understand the angst behind her mother’s question and is dismissive of it. The memory, however, leaves an indelible mark, one of many that resurfaces as she tries to understand her mother’s life and her death.' (Introduction)
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Artful Approach to Mental Health
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 November 2019; (p. 25)
— Review of Sleep 2019 single work novel'When I first had small children, I used to say that all I wanted for them in life was to find a good job, a caring partner and to be happy. Simple. Or maybe not so simple — because that’s everything, isn’t it? It’s what we all hope for, and it’s not easy to find.' (Introduction)
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Artful Approach to Mental Health
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 November 2019; (p. 25)
— Review of Sleep 2019 single work novel'When I first had small children, I used to say that all I wanted for them in life was to find a good job, a caring partner and to be happy. Simple. Or maybe not so simple — because that’s everything, isn’t it? It’s what we all hope for, and it’s not easy to find.' (Introduction)
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Julie Keys Reviews Sleep by Catherine Cole
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 24 2019;
— Review of Sleep 2019 single work novel'As a child Ruth does not understand the angst behind her mother’s question and is dismissive of it. The memory, however, leaves an indelible mark, one of many that resurfaces as she tries to understand her mother’s life and her death.' (Introduction)
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‘Be Careful What You Remember’
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 29 no. 1 2019; (p. 15-20)
— Review of Sleep 2019 single work novel 'Catherine Cole’s new novel Sleep revolves around an extended family of women and the ways in which they manage intergenerational trauma. The protagonist, Ruth, struggles with issues of abandonment. She has to deal with the trauma of her mother, Monica, which had been passed down to Monica through her father, a survivor of the Second World War. He returned from the war a troubled and restless man, estranged from his family and the Yorkshire landscape of his childhood. He relocated the family from Yorkshire, where Monica had grown up, to London where they continued to move from house to house, with Monica and her sister always homesick for Yorkshire. Although they had never lived there, Monica’s daughter, Ruth, and her sister, Antoinette, remained deeply attached to the Yorkshire landscape of their mother’s childhood, and to the people who inhabited it, especially their Aunt Elsie.' (Introduction)
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