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'Single mother Loretta Boskovic may have fantasies about dumping her two kids in the orphanage and riding off on a Harley with her dream lover, but her reality is life in a dusty country town called Gunapan. A self-dubbed 'old scrag', Loretta's got a big heart and a strong sense of injustice. So, when Gunapan's primary school is threatened with closure, and there's a whiff of corruption wafting through the corridors of the local council, she stirs into action. She's short of money, influence and a fully functioning car, but she does have loyal friends who'll do whatever it takes to hold on to the scrap of world that is home' (Publisher blurb).
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Author's note: The Japanese have a word, sabi, which connotes the simple beauty of worn and imperfect and impermanent things: a weathered fence; an old cracking bough in a tree; a silver bowl mottled with tarnish; the fine colour of rust.
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- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
- y The Fine Colour of Rust by P.A. O'Reilly : Notes Victoria : Centre for Adult Education , 2013 Z1934991 2013 single work criticism
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[Review] The Fine Colour of Rust
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 18 May no. 5694 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel -
Well Read
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 March 2012; (p. 23)
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[Review] The Fine Colour of Rust
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 340 2012; (p. 67)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 April 2012; (p. 18)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel
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Everything but the Kitchen Sink
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 February 2012; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 March 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel -
A Cast for the Country
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3 March 2012; (p. 33) The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 March 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel -
Small-Town Tapestries
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 March 2012; (p. 25)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel -
A Ballad of Small-Town Struggles
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 1 April 2012; (p. 19)
— Review of The Fine Colour of Rust 2012 single work novel - y The Fine Colour of Rust by P.A. O'Reilly : Notes Victoria : Centre for Adult Education , 2013 Z1934991 2013 single work criticism
Awards
- 2013 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
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