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'A bushfire in Dell's childhood still haunts her. She dreams up new starts, but her spilling stories cannot over-write the past.
'Evvie dances into Dell's life. She has run as far as she can from her family, but the ocean keeps calling her back.
'Evvie's daughter, Luce, is most at home in the company of creatures. All she wants is her collection of bugs and a guinea pig for Christmas.
'Dell meets Patrick in the pub, but he's going back to Scotland. Her life finally rupturing, Dell follows. She leaves a hole that Evvie and Luce struggle to fill. They must find each other again, without Dell. And Dell must discover how love works half a world away.
'Ash Rain explores the corners and crevices where love can grow in unexpected ways.' (Synopsis)
Notes
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Dedication: For Adam
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Epigraph: Sometimes I dream that everything I own
Could burn up and
Leave me no sadness no home
Deborah Conway, She Prefers Fire
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Lessons in Life
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 January 2006; (p. 17) -
Salty Water
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 264 2004; (p. 48-49)
— Review of Salt Rain 2004 single work novel ; Rhubarb 2004 single work novel ; Ash Rain 2004 single work novel -
Ash Rain by Corrie Hosking
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 12 no. 2 2004; (p. 22)
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel -
[Review] Ash Rain
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 23 2004;
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel -
Home and Prose
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 122 no. 6422 2004; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel ; Names for Nothingness 2004 single work novel ; The Philosopher's Doll 2004 single work novel ; Bright Planet 2004 single work novel ; Home 2004 single work novel ; Vernon God Little : A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death 2003 single work novel ; The White Earth 2004 single work novel ; The Last Ride 2004 single work novel
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Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 March 2004; (p. 4)
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel -
Getting to Know You
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 March 2004; (p. 11)
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 April 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Levin's God 2004 single work novel ; Ash Rain 2004 single work novel ; The Five Winds 2003 single work novel -
Paperbacks
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 18 April 2004; (p. 19)
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel ; Footprints on Quicksand : Waddilove's Daughter and Other Stories 2004 selected work short story -
Compelling Journey of Contrasts
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Adelaide Review The , April no. 247 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Ash Rain 2004 single work novel -
Lessons in Life
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 January 2006; (p. 17)
Awards
- 2005 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 2002 inaugural winner Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Award for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging SA Writer Title of manuscript The Black Dream changed to Ash Rain on publication.
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- Adelaide, South Australia,
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cScotland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Eyre Peninsula, South Australia,
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