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'In 1971 the world was waking up.
'Even sleepy Antipodean suburbs were touched. It was a time when people stopped and looked at each other - the child at the adult, the adult at the child - and, for a moment, saw themselves.
'In The Maisonettes, fragments of individual stories converge within a momentary lapse of time, then part to rejoin the paths of their parallel lives.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Epigraph: There are times, Miss Porch thought, in life when one might be walking towards oneself. Either the child towards the adult or the other way round. Either way it was a passing confrontation, not recognizable until it was over. Elizabeth Jolley, Foxybaby
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Dedication: For my children
David, Orly and Ben
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Suburban Puzzle
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 12 March vol. 70 no. 24 2004; (p. 20)
— Review of The Maisonettes 2004 single work novel -
Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of The Maisonettes 2004 single work novel
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Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of The Maisonettes 2004 single work novel -
Suburban Puzzle
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 12 March vol. 70 no. 24 2004; (p. 20)
— Review of The Maisonettes 2004 single work novel
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- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1970-1975
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