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'When Kate and Cameron rent a house on Border Street, they could not have imagined how their lives would become intertwined with their Czech-Australian landlords, Frank and Vera, who live next door. Kate's inquisitiveness about her neighbours soon gets the better of her and before long, the young woman and the older man have forged a strong bond that traverses their many differences - of age, of culture and of political persuasion. The more time Kate spends with Frank, the more she wants to find out about his life before arriving in Australia. As Frank gradually opens up to Kate, she begins to learn of the horrors that he has witnessed and endured. Frank's life story forces Kate to reassess some of her assumptions about his personality and his relationship with Vera, and challenges her to try to understand events beyond her own experience. When tragedy strikes Kate's own life, she starts to realise that not everything has a logical explanation.' (Publisher website)
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Dedication: For Alex, Dominic and Xavier.
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- Sound recording.
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The Teacher's Secret
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Usefulness by Degress
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— Review of Border Street 2006 single work novel -
Crossing the Border, Sight Unseen, into the Cruel Past
2007
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 2007; (p. 8-9) -
Writing My First Novel : Stepping Towards Publication
2007
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— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , March no. 167 2007; (p. 19, 22) -
Life's Borders Bristle With Barriers
2006
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— Appears in: The Age , 7 October 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Border Street 2006 single work novel
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Untitled
2006
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 86 no. 1 2006; (p. 50)
— Review of Border Street 2006 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2006
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 July 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of Border Street 2006 single work novel -
The Female Unique
2006
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 August vol. 124 no. 6535 2006; (p. 66-67)
— Review of The Unexpected Elements of Love 2006 single work novel ; Cleanskin 2006 single work novel ; Border Street 2006 single work novel -
Shorts
2006
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 August 2006; (p. 16)
— Review of Border Street 2006 single work novel ; Unpolished Gem 2006 single work autobiography -
Bridging the Distance
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 53)
— Review of Border Street 2006 single work novel -
Writing My First Novel : Stepping Towards Publication
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , March no. 167 2007; (p. 19, 22) -
Crossing the Border, Sight Unseen, into the Cruel Past
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 2007; (p. 8-9) -
The Teacher's Secret
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , February vol. 28 no. 1 2017; (p. 5)
Last amended 5 Jun 2020 12:41:45
Subjects:
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cFormer Czechoslovakia,cEastern Europe, Europe,
Settings:
- Tamarama, Bondi area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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