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'Jodie Garrow is a teenager from the wrong side of the tracks when she falls pregnant. Scared, alone and desperate to make something of her life, she adopts out the baby illegally – and tells nobody.
Twenty-five years on, Jodie has built a new life and a new family. But when a chance meeting brings the adoption to the notice of the authorities, Jodie becomes caught in a nationwide police investigation, and the centre of a media witch hunt.
What happened to Jodie's baby? And where is she now? The fallout from Jodie's past puts her whole family under the microscope, and her husband and daughter must re-examine everything they believed to be true' (publisher blurb).
Notes
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Dedication:
In loving memory of James Francis Kennedy
12 August 1992- - 30 October 2011
For Jane and Anne, who made it possible.
And for Darren, who made it.
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Epigraph:
But his wife looked back from behind him,
and she became a pillar of salt.
–GENESIS 19:26
It's not the tragedies that kill us,
it's the messes.
–DOROTHY PARKER
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
- y The Mistake by Wendy James : Notes Victoria : Centre for Adult Education , 2013 Z1933383 2013 single work criticism
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Wendy James – Author Interview
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , August 2012; -
Wendy James : The Mistake
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2012;
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel -
Well Read
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 March 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel -
Cold Judgement Hot off the Press
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 April 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel
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Not Just for She Who Does the Cooking
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 February 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel ; The Memory Tree 2012 single work novel -
Burdened by Buried Secrets
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 March 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 - 11 March 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 31 March 2012; (p. 28)
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel -
Cold Judgement Hot off the Press
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 April 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of The Mistake 2012 single work novel -
Truth Lies and Intrusions
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 March 2012; (p. 20) - y The Mistake by Wendy James : Notes Victoria : Centre for Adult Education , 2013 Z1933383 2013 single work criticism
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Wendy James – Author Interview
2012
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , August 2012;
Awards
- 2013 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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