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Dedication: For Billi, who would tell this story differently; and Leonardo, who would know whose version was whose, and love them both.
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Epigraph:
Her breast is fit for pearls,
But I was not a "Diver' -
Her brow is fit for thrones
But I have not a crest
Her heart is fit for home -
I - a sparrow - build there
Sweet twigs and twine
My perennial nest.
Emily Dickinson, a love poem to Susie Gilbert.
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Epigraph:
Give me a firm place to stand and I will move the earth.
Archimedes
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Fine Salt
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , November no. 20 2003;
— Review of Fine Salt 2003 single work novel
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[Review] Fine Salt
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , November no. 20 2003;
— Review of Fine Salt 2003 single work novel
Awards
- 2002 winner IP Picks Award — Best Fiction by an Australian Author
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