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'This dazzling debut novel tells the compelling story of a woman grappling with an event from her past as she searches for personal fulfillment and a sense of belonging. Growing up on the remote shores of Tasmania, Farley Willow experiences a childhood touched by magic. But as an adult, she must struggle with ghosts from her past.'(Publication summary)
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Dedication: For my father who always believed in me
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Epigraph: Initiation is a passage from one place to another. A doorway that once opened can never be closed. - Mark Wagner
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Recolonisation and Disinheritance : The Case of Tasmania
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Critics and Writers Speak : Revisioning Post-Colonial Studies 2006; (p. 106-114) 'The essay discusses the appropriations of the history and landscape of Tasmania, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and particularly by outsiders to the state, whether they are European or from the Australian mainland' (106). Pierce draws on the texts cited above, and on critical responses to these texts to demonstrate the conflicted experiences of departure from Tasmania and, in some cases, an equally unsettling return. -
Tom Gilling and Heather Rose
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 82 2000; (p. 77-85) -
Tassie's Star Role in New Novel
1999
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Mercury , 20 April 1999; (p. 7) -
An Eye for Detail
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 11 no. 1999; (p. 17-18)
— Review of White Heart 1999 single work novel ; Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop 1999 single work novel -
Mantasia
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 79 1999; (p. 96-99)
— Review of White Heart 1999 single work novel
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Soul Searchers Put a Tassie Tiger in Their Tales
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 July 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of The Hunter 1999 single work novel ; White Heart 1999 single work novel -
Other Voices
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 May 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of Candelo 1998 single work novel ; The Red Heart 1999 selected work essay autobiography ; Do You Take This Man? : Stories 1999 selected work short story ; White Heart 1999 single work novel -
Poetic Narrative, Wrapped in a Pot-Boiler Plot
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 2 May 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of White Heart 1999 single work novel -
Shorts
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 210 1999; (p. 46)
— Review of White Heart 1999 single work novel -
Mantasia
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 79 1999; (p. 96-99)
— Review of White Heart 1999 single work novel -
Recolonisation and Disinheritance : The Case of Tasmania
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Critics and Writers Speak : Revisioning Post-Colonial Studies 2006; (p. 106-114) 'The essay discusses the appropriations of the history and landscape of Tasmania, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and particularly by outsiders to the state, whether they are European or from the Australian mainland' (106). Pierce draws on the texts cited above, and on critical responses to these texts to demonstrate the conflicted experiences of departure from Tasmania and, in some cases, an equally unsettling return. -
Tassie's Star Role in New Novel
1999
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Mercury , 20 April 1999; (p. 7) -
Tasmanian Tales with Teeth
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 May 1999; (p. 8) -
Tom Gilling and Heather Rose
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 82 2000; (p. 77-85)
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