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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2020 shortlisted Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing — Creative Non-fiction (Open Section) for two works: 'The Party' and 'The Wedding'.
- 2017 shortlisted Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction For 'The Glass Half'.
- 2016 shortlisted Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers for The Lotus Eaters
Awards for Works
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The Lotus Eaters : A Memoir
South Yarra
:
Hardie Grant Books
,
2020
18381450
2020
single work
autobiography
'Since childhood, Emily Clements’ sense of self had always been shaped by the opinions of others and the need to be liked.
'When a stand-off with her best friend sees nineteen-year-old Emily stranded in Vietnam, she is alone for the first time and adrift in a new environment. With seemingly nothing to lose, she makes the biggest decision of her life – to stay. But Emily's attempts to bridge a yawning loneliness spur a downward spiral of recklessness, as she hurtles from one sexual encounter to the next. It will take a truly terrifying experience for her to understand that sex is both a weapon and a wound in her battle for self-worth and empowerment.
'Delicately interweaving past and present, The Lotus Eaters is a sharply written story of self-redemption from an exciting young voice in Australian memoir that dissects the patterns of blame and shame women can form around their bodies and relationships.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2021 shortlisted National Biography Award
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