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'Lena knew that the most tenuous of threads held everything together. At home she was known as the girl who lost things. Books, pens, wallets, her mother’s jewellery - the more precious the thing, the more likely she would lose it. She rifled through the pouch in from of her in search of her notebook. In New York she had learnt to take herself seriously, to believe that her thoughts and ideas mattered. I am no longer the person that I was, she incanted. I am different now. Coming home changes nothing.
'Two women, two lives, two paths. But are they so very different? In this poignant, dark, humane and funny novel, mother and daughter take turns opening old wounds and replaying old scripts, struggling with what can and cannot be said. Cusp is a novel about how small worlds are part of big worlds. It’s also about being a girl, about loving your mother, about life and death, and about not quite being there and almost being here.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (2018 ed.).
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Dedication: For my parents, Doris and John Wilson, with love.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian Fiction 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 108-119) -
Literary Publishing in a Nutshell
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 183 2006; (p. 23-25)
— Review of Prochownik's Dream 2005 single work novel ; Carry Me Down 2006 single work novel ; An Accidental Terrorist 2005 single work novel ; Cusp 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Cusp
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 2 2006; (p. 60)
— Review of Cusp 2005 single work novel -
Bold New Step for UWA Press
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: Uniview , Summer vol. 25 no. 1 2006; (p. 17-18) -
On the Cusp
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 279 2006; (p. 61)
— Review of The Factory 2005 single work novel ; Cusp 2005 single work novel
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Gifts for Words with Emotional Precision
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 November 2005; (p. 12)
— Review of A New Map of the Universe 2003 single work novel ; Cusp 2005 single work novel -
Nurtured Novelists
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 February 2006; (p. 9)
— Review of Cusp 2005 single work novel ; A New Map of the Universe 2003 single work novel -
On the Cusp
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 279 2006; (p. 61)
— Review of The Factory 2005 single work novel ; Cusp 2005 single work novel -
[Review] Cusp
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 2 2006; (p. 60)
— Review of Cusp 2005 single work novel -
Literary Publishing in a Nutshell
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 183 2006; (p. 23-25)
— Review of Prochownik's Dream 2005 single work novel ; Carry Me Down 2006 single work novel ; An Accidental Terrorist 2005 single work novel ; Cusp 2005 single work novel -
Pressing Ahead With New Fiction
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 17 September 2005; (p. 10) -
Bold New Step for UWA Press
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: Uniview , Summer vol. 25 no. 1 2006; (p. 17-18) -
Australian Fiction 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 108-119)
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