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'Lotti Coates lives in the shadow of a genius: her father George is a brilliant and celebrated Australian painter.
'When Lotti meets the outcast waif Kyla at a suburban Canberra school, two worlds are set to collide. Slowly Kyla is drawn into the orbit of the Coates family. Or is it the other way around?
'As Lotti and Kyla navigate their way towards adulthood, dark secrets start to unravel, with devastating consequences …
'We Were Never Friends is a story of friendship, the pursuit of a creative life and the legacies we leave behind.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Muses and Acolytes : A Nuanced Look at Art and Friendship
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 424 2020; (p. 34)
— Review of We Were Never Friends 2020 single work novel'Margaret Bearman’s We Were Never Friends is a novel that places the myth of the artistic male genius against the critical eye of history. Lotti, the eldest daughter of renowned Australian painter George Coates, narrates from two perspectives: her younger, twelve-year-old self and her present-day one, a trainee surgeon.' (Introduction)
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Quarantine Q&A : Margaret Bearman
2020
2020
single work
interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;
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Muses and Acolytes : A Nuanced Look at Art and Friendship
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 424 2020; (p. 34)
— Review of We Were Never Friends 2020 single work novel'Margaret Bearman’s We Were Never Friends is a novel that places the myth of the artistic male genius against the critical eye of history. Lotti, the eldest daughter of renowned Australian painter George Coates, narrates from two perspectives: her younger, twelve-year-old self and her present-day one, a trainee surgeon.' (Introduction)
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Quarantine Q&A : Margaret Bearman
2020
2020
single work
interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;
