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'Simone Harlowe is young and clever, an Aboriginial lawyer straddling two lives and two cultures while studying at Harvard. Her family life back in Sydney is defined by her complex relationship with her father, Tony, a prominent Aboriginal rights activist.
'As Simone juggles the challenges of a modern woman's life - career, family, friends and relationships - her father is confronting his own uncomfortable truths, as his secret double-life implodes.
'Can Simone accept her father for the man he is and forgive him for the man he's not?' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To my father,/ Paul Behrendt,/ Whom I love./ And whom I miss./Every Day
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Launched by Kerry Reed-Gilbert and Jilpia Jones at Paperchain Bookstore, Manuka, Australian Capital Territory, 13 November 2009.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Odyssey of Paul and Larissa Behrendt
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 55 no. 5 2011; (p. 7-8) -
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 -
Take Three
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 24 January 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of A Woman of Seville : A Novel of Love, Ladders and the Unexpected 2009 single work novel ; Legacy 2009 single work novel ; Father's Day 2009 selected work short story -
Child of the Revolution
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 January 2010; (p. 12)
— Review of Legacy 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Legacy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher , November vol. 89 no. 4 2009; (p. 36)
— Review of Legacy 2009 single work novel
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Larissa Behrendt
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 29 October vol. 8 no. 189 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Legacy 2009 single work novel -
The Power, the Pride and the Prejudice
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 November 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Legacy 2009 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 November 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Legacy 2009 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 29 November 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Legacy 2009 single work novel -
Daughter's Quest for Sovreignty
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 December 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of Legacy 2009 single work novel -
Healing through Writing
2009
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 2009; (p. 3) -
A Legacy of Love
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 2 December no. 465 2009; (p. 40) Behrendt '...describes Legacy as a father-daughter story and a tribute to Aboriginal political activism and activists- especially those who mobilised in the early seventies. Some of those acivists were present at the launch adding to Behrendt's community 'cred' and the books authenticity.' Souce: Koori Mail no.465 2 December 2009 (p.40)
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The Odyssey of Paul and Larissa Behrendt
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 55 no. 5 2011; (p. 7-8)
Awards
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