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'Marian couldn't see the woman's eyes behind her glasses, and was filled with panic. That bosom was not for comfort. Not for Marian. She, Marian, was here so that this woman, this psychologist, could expose her failure to be a proper mother.
'Her son's actions shatter Marian's life. As the days pass she is haunted by layers of grief rising like the salt of the degraded earth.
'Marian's everyday heroism, her earthy humour and innate honesty, sustain her as she confronts her own tragedy and sees beyond it to other moral dilemmas of white Australian life - racism, environmental damage.
'This novel has its roots in an ancient landscape - the dry farming country around Koikyennuruff (Stirling Ranges) in the south of Western Australia. It is the story of a journey from the country to the city and back again, a journey that will change Marian forever.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For our twenty-year-old selves.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Well Read
2013
single work
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 October vol. 26 October no. 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Pursuing Love and Death 2013 single work novel ; The First Week 2013 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 6 no. 1 2013;
— Review of The First Week 2013 single work novel -
Thriller Traces Shock Waves of Trauma
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 September 2013; (p. 6)
— Review of The First Week 2013 single work novel
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Thriller Traces Shock Waves of Trauma
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 September 2013; (p. 6)
— Review of The First Week 2013 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 6 no. 1 2013;
— Review of The First Week 2013 single work novel -
Well Read
2013
single work
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 October vol. 26 October no. 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Pursuing Love and Death 2013 single work novel ; The First Week 2013 single work novel
Awards
- 2014 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
- 2014 longlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
- 2014 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Glenda Adams Award for New Writing