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'Twenty years have passed since that day on the jetty but it is only now that Elise has found the strength to go back and face the events of her past. And so she begins to unravel all that has been tying her up, picking through that day, piece by piece, from beginning to end. Over and over again.
'But sometimes what you uncover is not what you were searching for, and Elise finds herself face to face with a truth she had not expected.
'Closed for Winter is a gripping novel that will haunt you to the very end, and a powerful, positive story about the pain of letting go.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (2012 reprint).
Adaptations
-
form
y
Closed for Winter
( dir. James Bogle
)
2008
Australia
:
Goalpost Pictures
Kojo Pictures
RB Films
South Australian Film Corporation
,
2009
Z1564380
2008
single work
film/TV
mystery
'How can you understand one day without understanding the day before? At the beach one summer day, a little girl goes missing. Twenty years on, her sister finds the courage to rearrange the pieces of her broken life...and create a new beginning.'
Source: Screen Australia.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Profiles : Georgia Blain
Cecile McGuire
(interviewer),
2000
single work
interview
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , August 2000; (p. 17) -
Survival Story
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10) -
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Georgia Blain
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 8) -
Novelist's Mentor
1998
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 February 1998; (p. 8) -
Beachside Gothic
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 202 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of Closed for Winter 1998 single work novel
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Probing the Colours of Loss
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 February 1998; (p. 31)
— Review of Red Shoes 1998 single work novel ; Serpent Dust 1998 single work novel ; Closed for Winter 1998 single work novel -
An Innocent with a Past, a Writer with a Future
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 February 1998; (p. 11)
— Review of Closed for Winter 1998 single work novel -
Mystery on the Beach
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 February 1998; (p. 21)
— Review of Closed for Winter 1998 single work novel -
Books in Brief
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , April vol. 3 no. 3 1998; (p. 28)
— Review of Closed for Winter 1998 single work novel -
Beachside Gothic
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 202 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of Closed for Winter 1998 single work novel -
Novelist's Mentor
1998
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 February 1998; (p. 8) -
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Georgia Blain
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 8) -
Survival Story
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10) -
Mentors Scheme a Novel Approach
1998
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 April 1998; (p. 23) -
My Mentor My Friend
1998
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 June 1998; (p. 9)
Awards
- 1999 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
