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Julie has suddenly lost her husband and, along with him, her will to live. The vital, energetic old woman that her daughter Kati thought she knew has disappeared almost overnight. How is Kati to cope with a mother constantly on the verge of suicide? This finely wrought tale of love and conflict casts a searchlight into dark areas- how people deal with ageing, loss, death and grief. At what point are you allowed to say 'Life is not worth living'? (Publisher's Blurb).
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Launched at Gleeboooks, Sydney, 8 April 2009
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Epigraph: Then it is sin To Rush into the secret house of death Ere death dare come to us? (William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Year's Work in Fiction: 2009-2010
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 119-139)
— Review of Fear Factor : Terror Incognito 2009 anthology short story extract ; A True History of the Hula Hoop 2009 single work novel ; The World Beneath 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe 2009 single work novel ; Swimming : A Novel 2004 single work novel ; The Bath Fugues 2009 selected work novella ; The Lost Life 2009 single work novel ; Rainforest Narratives : The Work of Janette Turner Hospital 2009 single work criticism ; Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language 2008 multi chapter work criticism ; Legacy 2009 single work novel ; The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel ; Lovesong 2009 single work novel ; Wonders of a Godless World 2009 single work novel ; Smoke in the Room 2009 single work novel ; The Australian Long Story 2009 anthology short story prose novella autobiography ; Every Secret Thing 2008 selected work short story ; Arrhythmia : Stories of Desire 2009 selected work short story ; The China Garden 2009 single work novel ; Barley Patch 2009 single work novel ; Tom Hurstbourne, or, A Squatter's Life 2010 single work novel ; Truth 2009 single work novel ; The Window Seat and Other Stories 2009 selected work short story ; Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel ; The Legacy 2010 single work novel -
Headlong Into Grief
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 21 no. 1 2009;
— Review of Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel -
Turbulent Waters Run too Deep
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 217-218)
— Review of Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 August 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel -
Probing Novel Explores Ethics of Assisted Suicide
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 24 July vol. 75 no. 42 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel
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Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 April 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 May 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel ; Madame Brussels : This Moral Pandemonium 2009 single work biography -
Well Read
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 May 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Reunion 2009 single work novel ; Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel -
Sometimes It Isn't Better in the Mourning
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 4 no. 4 2009; (p. 18-19, 27)
— Review of Waiting Room : A Memoir 2009 single work autobiography ; Through a Glass Darkly : A Journey of Love and Grief With My Father 2009 single work autobiography ; Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel -
Poised for Writers Festival
2009
single work
review
column
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 15 May vol. 75 no. 32 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Reunion 2009 single work novel ; Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
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