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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The River Wife
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'The River Wife is a simple and subtle fable of love. It tells the story of the river wife - part human, part fish - whose duty is to tend the river, but instead falls in love with a man. Tender and melancholy, it speaks of desire and love, mothers and daughters, kinship and care, duty and sacrifice, water and wisdom. There is a great sternness and sadness here, coupled with gentleness.

'A love story, an environmental fable, a retelling of the Orpheus myth, The River Wife is grave, tender and otherworldly - a true original.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Isabelle Ocean

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 255p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: July 2009.
      ISBN: 9781741757422

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

The Enduring Allure of Fable Rebecca Starford , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 September 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel ; The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
Remote Control Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , September vol. 4 no. 8 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of After the Fire, a Still Small Voice Evie Wyld , 2009 single work novel ; The World Beneath Cate Kennedy , 2009 single work novel ; The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel ; The Diamond Anchor Jennifer Mills , 2009 single work novel
[Review] The River Wife James Francis , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 9 2009; (p. 37)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
Into the Heart of a Landscape Dorothy Johnston , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
Cool and Luscious Fable of Love Diane Stubbings , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 August 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
Well Read Katharine England , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 June 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
Fiction Books Heidi Maier , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 July 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
Cool and Luscious Fable of Love Diane Stubbings , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 August 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
Into the Heart of a Landscape Dorothy Johnston , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
[Review] The River Wife James Francis , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 9 2009; (p. 37)

— Review of The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
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