Born: Established: Victoria, ;
Gender:
Female
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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Antonio's Seed : A Story of Family Terrorism
Forestville
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Jeremiah's Circle
,
2007
Z1494665
2007
single work
novel
'When an Australian girl meets a young Italian immigrant in isolated farming country in 1956, mutual attraction quickly deteriorates into misunderstanding, hurt and rejection.
'In an attempt to regain lost love, Ruth deliberately falls pregnant. Antonio reluctantly agrees to marry her, but a clash of cultures and personalities gradually unfolds into something more sinister...' (Publisher's blurb)
- 2008 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing About Italians in Australia
- 2007 joint winner New South Wales Writers' Centre Openbook Prize Competition — Fiction
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