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Alternative title: Just between Us : Australian Women Writers on the Fraught, Funny World of Female Friendship
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship
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'Empathetic, supportive and respectful...

'Or competitive, manipulative and downright bitchy?

'Or somewhere in between?

In Just Between Us, a host of Australia's best-loved female writers bare all on this age-old quandary: Are female friendships all-natural and nurturing? Or are some more damaging than delightful? And most of all, what happens when female relationships go off the rails? And who is to blame? While falling in and out of romantic love is a well-documented experience, losing a friend rarely gets discussed. Which doesn't mean the pain is less - quite the opposite, as we discover in this extraordinary collection of heartfelt fiction and non-fiction works that put female friendship in the spotlight.

'Nikki Gemmell looks at the hardwiring that keeps us bonded in tightly knit packs, but makes us feel oh-so-claustrophic in mothers' groups and at the school gate. Melina Marchetta reveals the peculiar shame of being overlooked for the high-status netball positions of Centre and Goal Attack. Alice Pung unravels the aggressively Anglo-Saxon rituals of afternoon tea and bridal preparations, and wonders quietly if the purpose of these rituals is to exclude. Liz Byrski conducts a forensic examination of her own friendship history, and finds some uncomfortable patterns. And Merridy Eastman pens a letter from Helena to Hermia from A Midsummer Night's Dream, which shines the light on one of literature's most famously dysfunctional female friendships.' (From the publisher's website.)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Pan Macmillan Australia , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
One True Thing, Miriam Sved , single work short story (p. 11-34)
In Broad Daylight, Julienne Van Loon , single work prose (p. 35-56)
The Centre, Melina Marchetta , single work prose (p. 57-74)
The Girl Who Got Smaller, Jane Caro , single work prose (p. 75-86)
A Letter to a Lost Friend, Cath Crowley , single work correspondence (p. 87-92)
Good Neighbours, Jean Kittson , single work prose (p. 93-100)
What We Do, Nikki Gemmell , single work prose (p. 101-116)
Walk with Me, Maggie Scott , single work short story (p. 117-138)
All Women on Earth Are One Family : The Culture of Nushu, Cate Kennedy , single work prose (p. 139-162)
Friendship Notes from the Field, Lauren Rosewarne , single work prose (p. 163-182)
Murder She Wrote, Dilvin Yasa , single work prose (p. 183-194)
In the Dark, Natalie Kon-yu , single work prose (p. 195-210)
Friendship - In Several Painful Lessons, Liz Byrski , single work single work prose (p. 211-230)
The Young Christie, Christie Nieman , single work short story (p. 231-254)
The Complimentary Principle, Maya Linden , single work prose (p. 255-270)
Glossus, Francesca Rendle-Short , single work prose (p. 271-286)
To Clear the Air, from Helena to Hermia, Merridy Eastman , single work short story (p. 287-300)
The Summer Associates, Kirsten Tranter , single work short story (p. 301-316)
Girls Who Wear Gingham, Clementine Ford , single work prose (p. 317-329)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Review : Just between Us : Australian Writers Tell the Truth about Female Friendship Barbara Baker , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2013; (p. 59)

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
[Untitled] Helene Sobolewski , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 July 2013; (p. 32)

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
Angsty Confessionals Reflect on the Bond Between Women Diana Carroll , 2013 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 August 2013; (p. 28-29) The Saturday Age , 24 August 2013; (p. 30)

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
The Sting Milly Main , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 353 2013;

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
Girlfriend Experience Fran Metcalf , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1-2 June 2013; (p. 22-23)
'A collection of stories explores the ins and outs of friendships between women, writes Fran Metcalf.'
The Sting Milly Main , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 353 2013;

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
Angsty Confessionals Reflect on the Bond Between Women Diana Carroll , 2013 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 August 2013; (p. 28-29) The Saturday Age , 24 August 2013; (p. 30)

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
[Untitled] Helene Sobolewski , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 July 2013; (p. 32)

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
Review : Just between Us : Australian Writers Tell the Truth about Female Friendship Barbara Baker , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2013; (p. 59)

— Review of Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013 anthology short story prose
Girlfriend Experience Fran Metcalf , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1-2 June 2013; (p. 22-23)
'A collection of stories explores the ins and outs of friendships between women, writes Fran Metcalf.'
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