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'A woman sits at a desk in a farmhouse reading old letters. Africa floats in her consciousness like the Australian hills she can see from the window. Seven years ago, her younger sister disappeared near a waterfall on an African mountain range, and now, like a necromancer of memory, the woman begins conjuring up her secretive sister's past so that she can proceed with her own life.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: For Peter and Sheila.
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Epigraph: ' I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, the mother represents madness. Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met. Lots of people say, 'My mother was insane- I say it and I mean it. Insane.' People laugh a lot at the memory of their mothers. I suppose it is funny.' Practicalities Marguerite Duras.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Also sound recording.
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Old Copmanhurst
2012
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 71 no. 1 2012; (p. 104-115) The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012; (p. 123-135) -
A Map of Mears
Emma Sorensen
(interviewer),
2002
single work
interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 3 2002; (p. 72-80) -
The Unflinching Gaze: In Conversation with Gillian Mears
Emma Sorensen
(interviewer),
1999
single work
interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 125-131) -
The Missing, the Mourned
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 August 1997; (p. C10)
— Review of Highways to a War 1995 single work novel ; The Grass Sister 1995 single work novel -
Gifted Voice Speaks for Itself
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 August 1996; (p. 38)
— Review of The Grass Sister 1995 single work novel
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Sisters in Exile
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , November vol. 7 no. 3-4 1995; (p. 40-41)
— Review of The Hotel Albatross 1995 single work novel ; The Grass Sister 1995 single work novel -
Sweeping Away the Dirt
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 December 1995; (p. wkd 8)
— Review of Mood Indigo 1990 single work novel ; The Grass Sister 1995 single work novel -
The Missing, the Mourned
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 August 1997; (p. C10)
— Review of Highways to a War 1995 single work novel ; The Grass Sister 1995 single work novel -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 75 no. 1061 1995; (p. 31)
— Review of The Grass Sister 1995 single work novel -
The Invisible Sister Remains a Puzzle
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 December 1995; (p. 12A)
— Review of The Grass Sister 1995 single work novel -
The Unflinching Gaze: In Conversation with Gillian Mears
Emma Sorensen
(interviewer),
1999
single work
interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 125-131) -
Old Copmanhurst
2012
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 71 no. 1 2012; (p. 104-115) The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012; (p. 123-135) -
Author's Award
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 July 1996; (p. 13) -
A Map of Mears
Emma Sorensen
(interviewer),
2002
single work
interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 3 2002; (p. 72-80)
Awards
- 1997 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 1996 winner Commonwealth Writers Prize — South-East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best Book from the Region Award
Last amended 6 Dec 2021 15:31:26
Subjects:
- Bush,
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cSouth Africa,cSouthern Africa, Africa,
- New South Wales,
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cZimbabwe,cSouthern Africa, Africa,
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