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Rachel Berger Rachel Berger i(A64768 works by)
Born: Established:
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Israel,
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Middle East, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1959
Heritage: Jewish
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1 In My Mother's Kitchen Rachel Berger , Alex Miller , Alice Pung , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 May 2012; (p. 18-19) 'It is a place of ritual and nourishment, where an unspoken language of love and connection is recited daily. From our mothers' kitchens come offerings both sweet and savoury, the healthy and hearty followed by sugary indulgences. On the eve of Mother's Day, five Australians conjure memories of familial bonds seared in the simplest and most profound acts of devotion.' (Editor's abstract)
1 2 Clenched Buttocks Rachel Berger , 2005 single work drama humour
1 5 y separately published work icon Whaddya Mean You're Allergic to Rubber Rachel Berger , Ringwood : Penguin , 2001 Z919770 2001 single work novel satire 'AT THE DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, when the corporate sponsors of greed, lunacy and prophylactics have gained priority seating with frequent flyer points, stand up comic LOLA FINKELSTEIN appears like Boadicea in a chariot with one missing wheel. Flipped out and fretful but perfectly pedicured, she confronts her opponents head on.

Should Lola trust the mysterious American with the coded smile, CHRISTOPHER PILLAR, who manages to lure her out of her perch and her G-string with whispers of a deal the State Premier has made with the Americans that will cost jobs and lives?

Thank god for SMOKEY TOPAZ, twenty stone of scarlet sequins and stilettos, Smokey's Syrian boyfriend FREDDY FARQOU, LAWRENCE THE LEATHER MASTER and MIMI TOMASEVICH, Bosnian survivor. Without them Lola would have to rely on her own imperfections. Together they slide with reckless gusto and the best low budget vodka into the sewer of the State Premier, whose allies are mostly rich, mostly vulgar and mostly very shady.' (Publisher's blurb)
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