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'Two novellas about the deep connections we forge with the people we love, and the pain of breaking those connections.
'In Honour, Kathleen and Frank are amicably separated, in contact through shared parenting of their young daughter, Flo. But when Frank finds a new partner and wants a divorce, Kathleen is hurt. And Flo can’t understand why they all can’t live together.
'In Other People’s Children, Ruth and Scotty live in a big share house that’s breaking up. Scotty is trying to hold on, remembering the early days of telling life stories and laughter and singing—and when the kids were everyone’s kids. But now the bitterness has crept in and their friendship is broken. Ruth is ready to move on—and she’ll take her kids with her.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Honour, single work novella
- Other People's Children, single work novella
- Introduction, single work essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Introduction
2018
single work
essay
— Appears in: Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 2018; -
‘Women’s Writing’ and ‘Feminism’ : A History of Intimacy and Estrangement
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Outskirts : Feminisms Along the Edge , May no. 28 2013; 'Women’s Liberation in Australia and elsewhere created feminist readers and writers. Consciousness-raising and reading and writing were intimately linked. Within the women’s movement, journals, magazines and newspapers were launched, small presses inaugurated and writing and reading groups formed. Subscription lists charted the explosion in new titles by, for and about women, and feminist bookshops stocked them. Women’s writers’ festivals, poetry readings and book launches were opportunities to find and promote new work, and to meet other feminists. Some women writers from the past were rediscovered and many contemporary female writers were championed. One of the most successful writers to emerge on the Australian literary scene in the 1970s – Helen Garner, whose debut novel Monkey Grip (1977) won the National Book Council’s Book of the Year award in 1978 – directly linked her ascendency to feminism. A specifically feminist literary criticism began to develop. More generally, feminism also helped to expand the market for women’s writing, so much so that by the 1980s major publishers were developing lists of women’s fiction and/ or subsuming feminist presses into their operations.' (Author's introduction) - y Helen Garner Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996 Z417973 1996 single work criticism
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[Review] Honour and Other People's Children
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 83-84)
— Review of Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 1980 selected work novella ; Other People's Children 1980 single work novella ; Honour 1980 single work novella -
Helen Garner
1988
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Coming Out from Under : Contemporary Australian Woman Writers 1988; (p. 5-24)
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Fretworks
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , July no. 1 1983; (p. 66-69)
— Review of The Beauties and Furies 1936 single work novel ; Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 1980 selected work novella -
A Year of Varietals
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 84 1981; (p. 26-30)
— Review of Monkeys in the Dark 1980 single work novel ; The Frangipani Gardens 1980 single work novel ; Other People's Children 1980 single work novella ; Honour 1980 single work novella ; Alone : A Novel 1980 single work novel ; The Impersonators 1980 single work novel ; War Crimes : Short Stories 1979 selected work short story ; Faces You Can't Find Again : short stories 1980 selected work short story ; Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 1980 selected work novella ; Cherry Bloom 1980 single work novel -
Conventions of Presence
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 40 no. 1 1981; (p. 106-113)
— Review of Homesickness 1980 single work novel ; Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 1980 selected work novella ; Honour 1980 single work novella ; Other People's Children 1980 single work novella ; The Transit of Venus 1980 single work novel ; Who Shot George Kirkland? : A Novel About the Nature of Truth 1981 single work novel -
[Review] Honour and Other People's Children
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 27 1980; (p. 9)
— Review of Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 1980 selected work novella ; Other People's Children 1980 single work novella ; Honour 1980 single work novella -
Author Opens a Locked-In World
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 January vol. 101 no. 5245 1981; (p. 56)
— Review of Honour, and, Other People's Children : Two Stories 1980 selected work novella ; Other People's Children 1980 single work novella ; Honour 1980 single work novella -
Helen Garner
Candida Baker
(interviewer),
1986
single work
biography
interview
— Appears in: Yacker : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1986; (p. 128-156) -
Of War and Needlework : The Fiction of Helen Garner
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 44 no. 2 1985; (p. 209-219) -
Helen Garner
1988
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Coming Out from Under : Contemporary Australian Woman Writers 1988; (p. 5-24) - y Helen Garner Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1996 Z417973 1996 single work criticism
-
‘Women’s Writing’ and ‘Feminism’ : A History of Intimacy and Estrangement
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Outskirts : Feminisms Along the Edge , May no. 28 2013; 'Women’s Liberation in Australia and elsewhere created feminist readers and writers. Consciousness-raising and reading and writing were intimately linked. Within the women’s movement, journals, magazines and newspapers were launched, small presses inaugurated and writing and reading groups formed. Subscription lists charted the explosion in new titles by, for and about women, and feminist bookshops stocked them. Women’s writers’ festivals, poetry readings and book launches were opportunities to find and promote new work, and to meet other feminists. Some women writers from the past were rediscovered and many contemporary female writers were championed. One of the most successful writers to emerge on the Australian literary scene in the 1970s – Helen Garner, whose debut novel Monkey Grip (1977) won the National Book Council’s Book of the Year award in 1978 – directly linked her ascendency to feminism. A specifically feminist literary criticism began to develop. More generally, feminism also helped to expand the market for women’s writing, so much so that by the 1980s major publishers were developing lists of women’s fiction and/ or subsuming feminist presses into their operations.' (Author's introduction)
Awards
- 1981 shortlisted National Book Council Award for Australian Literature