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When Beatrice Collins dies, her daughters discover the secret diaries she had kept as a student at Melbourne University in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The diaries reveal her passionate relationships with other young women in a group calling itself 'Mob'. They are defiant, unconventional women. Their closeness is challenged by the arrival of the charismatic Tom.
The second part of the book, written in Beatrice's own voice, takes up her story in Sydney immediately after the Second World war. While Beatrice struggles to live out her ideals about freedom, love and equality, she makes choices that will impact on her children for the rest of their lives.
Inventing Beatrice is based on letters and diaries discovered by the author in 1994, after her mother's death.
- Dust jacket.Notes
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A work of fiction, biography and autobiography.
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Dedication: For my sisters and all our children.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Life Writing , October vol. 4 no. 2 2007; (p. 321-325)
— Review of Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel -
Untitled
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 17 - 30 November no. 305 2006; (p. 17)
— Review of Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel -
In Short
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 November vol. 124 no. 6545 2006; (p. 77)
— Review of Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel -
Novel Approach
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 42)
— Review of Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel -
Other Voices
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 September - 1 October 2006; (p. 15)
— Review of The Curer of Souls 2006 single work novel ; Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel ; Border Street 2006 single work novel
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Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 August 2006; (p. 25)
— Review of Metro 2006 single work novel ; Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel ; The Messenger 2002 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 August 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel ; Wildwood Dancing 2006 single work novel -
Book Briefs
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 August 2006; (p. 6)
— Review of Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel -
Other Voices
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 September - 1 October 2006; (p. 15)
— Review of The Curer of Souls 2006 single work novel ; Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel ; Border Street 2006 single work novel -
Novel Approach
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 42)
— Review of Inventing Beatrice 2006 single work novel -
Mother Lost and Found
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2006; (p. 14)
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