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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Wild Lavender
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'An epic new novel as memorable as the scent of lavender, from one of Australia's most compelling storytellers.

''Nothing is wasted, Simone. the love we give never dies.'

'At fourteen, Simone Fleurier is wrenched from her home on a Provencal lavender farm and sent to work in Marseille. Her life there is hard and impoverished, but Simone discovers the music hall and a dream: to one day be a famous dancer and singer. But when war threatens, Simone makes a decision that will lead to great danger - yet ultimately prove that love, just like wild lavender, can grow in the least likely of places ...

'Belinda Alexandra has created a tale of passion and courage that moves from the backstreets of Marseille to the grand music theatres of Paris, from the countryside of Provence to decadent pre-war Berlin and jazz-age New York. Wild Lavender is a feast for the senses that will live on in the imagination long after the book is closed.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my beautiful mother, Deanna
    You were my greatest supporter and truest friend.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2004 .
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      Extent: 531p.
      ISBN: 0732276268
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Simon and Schuster ,
      2016 .
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      Extent: 623p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 11th February 2016

      ISBN: 9781471138768
Alternative title: Un doux parfum de lavande
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Éd. France Loisirs ,
      2004 .
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      Extent: 740p.p.
      ISBN: 9782744189784, 2744189782
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Belfond ,
      2006 .
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      Extent: 509p.p.
      ISBN: 9782714441775, 2714441777
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      A Vue d'Oeil ,
      2007 .
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      Extent: 937p.; 2 vol.p.
      Edition info: Large print.
      ISBN: 9782846663274, 2846663270
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Pocket ,
      2009 .
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      Extent: 696p.p.
      ISBN: 9782266172370, 2266172379

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
  • Also braille.
  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

Belinda Alexandra – Author Interview 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , October 2010;
Belinda Alexandra James Phelan (interviewer), 2005 single work interview
— Appears in: Literati : Australian Contemporary Literary Figures Discuss Fear, Frustrations and Fame 2005; (p. 1-13)
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 January 2005; (p. 8)

— Review of Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Get Lost in a Good Book or Two Phil Brown , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 15 -21 December no. 521 2004; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Hover Car Racer Matthew Reilly , 2004 single work children's fiction ; In Tasmania Nicholas Shakespeare , 2004 single work prose ; Tremble : Sensual Fables of the Mystical and Sinister Tobsha Learner , 2004 selected work short story ; Eden Peter Watt , 2004 single work novel ; Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Slipping Flowers Judith Armstrong , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 267 2004-2005; (p. 52)

— Review of Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Romance Without the Sex David Cohen , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 October 2004; (p. 7)

— Review of Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 October 2004; (p. 6)

— Review of Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Shy About Sex David Cohen , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 October 2004; (p. 8)

— Review of Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Untitled Melissa Pearce , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Limelight , December 2004; (p. 45)

— Review of Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Slipping Flowers Judith Armstrong , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 267 2004-2005; (p. 52)

— Review of Wild Lavender Belinda Alexandra , 2004 single work novel
Flower Power Daphne Guinness , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 October 2004; (p. 12)
Belinda Alexandra James Phelan (interviewer), 2005 single work interview
— Appears in: Literati : Australian Contemporary Literary Figures Discuss Fear, Frustrations and Fame 2005; (p. 1-13)
Belinda Alexandra – Author Interview 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , October 2010;
Last amended 4 Apr 2023 09:26:46
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  • Marseilles,
    c
    France,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Paris,
    c
    France,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Berlin,
    c
    Germany,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1922-1945
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