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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life
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This is the story of Frances Monrose, an Australian woman with no formal mathematics training who carried across the world in a suitcase bulging with a friend's balldresses, something no one knew about - the discovery of a new number. It is also the story of Hypatia, her daughter, who is also cursed by mathematics. (Source: Trove)

Exhibitions

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Notes

  • Dedication: To Gordon who leans towards infinity every now and then.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Vintage Australia , 1996 .
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      Extent: 393p.
      ISBN: 0091832284
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Women's Press ,       1998 .
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      Extent: xxi, 393p.p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 070434582X (pbk)
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Faber ,       1998 .
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      Extent: 393p.p.
      ISBN: 0571199399, 9780571199396
    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Vintage Australia , 1999 .
      Extent: xxi, 393p.p.
      ISBN: 0091840163 (pbk.)
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Women's Press ,       2000 .
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      Extent: 420p.
      ISBN: 0704346583 (pbk.)
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      :       Wutheringink ,       2013 .
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      Extent: 229p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 9 April 2013.
      ISBN: 9781925018042
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730800
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books , 2022 .
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      Extent: 364p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 August 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761281990
Alternative title: Wiskundife moeders : hoe mijn moeders schort zich in mijn leven openvouwt
Language: Dutch
    • Amsterdam,
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      Netherlands,
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      Extent: 390p.
      ISBN: 9050000436
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  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

These Beautiful Sets of Numbers Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 May 2000; (p. 10)
Paperbacks Angela Bennie , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 June 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of Box the Pony Leah Purcell , Scott Rankin , 1997 single work drama ; Henry Lawson : A Life Colin Roderick , 1991 single work criticism biography ; Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work novel
Stage Write Sue Woolfe , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 10-11 July 1999; (p. 28-30)
The Life of Art: Sue Woolfe on Art and Representation Elizabeth Pedersen (interviewer), 1999 single work interview
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring-Summer vol. 59 no. 3-4 1999; (p. 172-179)
Following the Female Line Justine Ettler , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 25 September no. 4982 1998; (p. 23)
— Review of Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work novel
Leaning Towards Infinity Peter Ascot , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Big Issue , June no. 1 1996; (p. 45)
— Review of Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work novel
Paperbacks Angela Bennie , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 June 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of Box the Pony Leah Purcell , Scott Rankin , 1997 single work drama ; Henry Lawson : A Life Colin Roderick , 1991 single work criticism biography ; Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work novel
Daughter of Maths Genius Gets the Point Rosemary Sorensen , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 January 1996; (p. 10)
— Review of Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work novel
A Beautiful Set of Figures Penelope Nelson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 February 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work novel
Blood Ties and Ideas that Span Generations Hamilton Smith , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 February 1996; (p. C11)
— Review of Leaning Towards Infinity : How My Mother's Apron Unfolds into My Life Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work novel
The Life of Art: Sue Woolfe on Art and Representation Elizabeth Pedersen (interviewer), 1999 single work interview
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring-Summer vol. 59 no. 3-4 1999; (p. 172-179)
Demystifying Maths Hamilton Smith , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 February 1996; (p. C11)
The Numbers Game Helen Elliott , 1996 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 March 1996; (p. 10)
For Woolfe, Book Adds Up Anne Susskind , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1996; (p. 14)
New York Playtime Sue Woolfe , 1996 single work prose biography
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , September vol. 1 no. 1 1996; (p. 32,31)
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Awards

1997 winner Commonwealth Writers Prize — South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best Book from the Region Award
1996 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction
1996 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
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