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'What is it like to stake everything on a relationship based only on letters?
Laila is desperate to escape life in the longhouse in her Malaysian village. Desperate enough to travel alone to Australia to marry Jim, a fruit-picker living in Renmark, South Australia.
Jim hasn't had much luck with women - they've always given him a hard time. He pins his hopes on Laila changing all that. Marital bliss, a new life.
But when Laila and Jim finally meet, they each discover the reality of the other, and things don't go as planned.
Handpicked is a subtle and sensitive exploration of the world of the mail-order bride. It is also a compelling and finely observed account of expectations and consequences, words and actions, truth and love.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: To my late parents
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Mixed Blessing
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 19 April 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel -
Fiction : Siew Siang Tay - Handpicked
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 119 2009; (p. 68-70)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel -
Take Three
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 24 May 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Breathing in Colour 2009 single work novel ; Handpicked 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Handpicked
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 88 no. 7 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel
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Well Read
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 March 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel ; The Diamond Anchor 2009 single work novel -
From Fishing Village to Suburban Discontent
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 April 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 April 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 April 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Handpicked 2009 single work novel
- Adelaide, South Australia,
- Renmark, Renmark area, Riverlands, Murray - Mallee area, South Australia,
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cMalaysia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,