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'Kathleen is facing old age alone. Between her selfish children - 'Brain' and his straying wife, and daughter Shamrock and Shamrock's hubby the 'Big Developer' - there is no longer a place for her. But Passing Downs Old People's Home is still not the place for a woman like Kathleen. She is not ready for that and they're not ready for her.
''I've skipped the grandma years,' Kathleen said. 'The four ages of women: bimbo, breeder, baby-sitter, burden. I've cut and run. Wasn't going to tell a soul but I've decided cutting and running is what it's all about.''
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Dementia, Ageism and the Limits of Critique in Thea Astley’s Satire
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— Appears in: JASAL , December vol. 22 no. 2 2022; -
Generational Change : Women and Writing in the Novels of Thea Astley
2009
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— Appears in: Shared Waters : Soundings in Postcolonial Literatures 2009; (p. 167-177) -
Thea Astley : Exploring the Centre
2004
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— Appears in: Subverting the Empire : Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction 2004; (p. 97-144) -
Thea Astley-'Completely Neutered' : Gender, Reception and Reputation
1997
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— Appears in: Southerly , Spring vol. 57 no. 3 1997; (p. 182-190) Thea Astley's Fictional Worlds 2006; (p. 135-141) -
Reching toward 'the Center'
1995
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— Appears in: The World and I , vol. 10 no. 2 1995; (p. 316-321)
— Review of Coda 1994 single work novel
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Reching toward 'the Center'
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The World and I , vol. 10 no. 2 1995; (p. 316-321)
— Review of Coda 1994 single work novel -
Tales of Strong Women Who Need No Hype
1994
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 February 1994; (p. 11A)
— Review of Glory Days 1988 single work novel ; Small Ecstasies 1994 selected work short story poetry prose ; Sapphires 1994 single work novel ; Coda 1994 single work novel -
A Big Developer
1994
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— Appears in: The Age , 5 February 1994; (p. 7)
— Review of Coda 1994 single work novel -
Giving Thanks for the Memories
1994
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 February 1994; (p. 7)
— Review of Coda 1994 single work novel -
The Lonely Shores of Queensland
1994
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 February 1994; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Coda 1994 single work novel -
Thea Astley : Exploring the Centre
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Subverting the Empire : Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction 2004; (p. 97-144) -
Generational Change : Women and Writing in the Novels of Thea Astley
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Shared Waters : Soundings in Postcolonial Literatures 2009; (p. 167-177) -
Oh Dear, Thea
1994
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criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 9 April 1994; (p. 7) -
The Age of Living Outrageously
1994
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criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 February 1994; (p. 9A) -
Thea Astley-'Completely Neutered' : Gender, Reception and Reputation
1997
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criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring vol. 57 no. 3 1997; (p. 182-190) Thea Astley's Fictional Worlds 2006; (p. 135-141)
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