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y separately published work icon The Olive Sisters single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Olive Sisters
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When Adrienne's marketing company goes down, her lifestyle does too. She retreats from the city to the beautiful, abandoned olive grove once owned by her Italian grandparents. A 'tree change' isn't what Adrienne has in mind, however, and life in the country delivers some surprises as she confronts the past and learns the secrets of the Olive Sisters...Old loves, new loves, warm toast and rich traditions are all part of the delicious blend of this absorbing story. (Publisher's blurb)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , ( dir. Frank Lotito ) Australia : Emedia Films Mettersi Films , 2016 9189577 2016 single work film/TV

Notes

  • Dedication: For Claudia and Oliver, my wild olives
  • Prequel to Two for the Road.
  • As of 2014, director Fred Schepisi has signalled an adaptation of The Olive Sisters as his next film project. The film was subsequently made by another film-maker.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2005 .
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      Extent: 271p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 September 2005
      ISBN: 0143003992
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Two for the Road Amanda Hampson , Camberwell : Viking , 2008 Z1490136 2008 single work novel

'As a teenager, Cassie Munro fled her seaside hometown of Bilkara, taking a dark secret with her to a new life in London. Now, devastated by revelations of her husband's betrayal and a brutal attack on her father, she returns home feeling she has nothing left to lose.

'Against her better judgement, she finds herself battling to save her family's beloved tow-truck business. With violent opposition from a competitor and only lukewarm support from her childhood mentor, the tattooed towie Kingi, she seems set to fail. In the midst of her struggle, Cassie is reunited with her first love, Mack, who forces her to confront her guilty secret and the tragic past they share.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work

Picture This Kate McKenna , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 July 2014; (p. 33)
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 November 2005; (p. 25)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel
One to Wile Away a Couple of Hours David Wood , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 November 2005; (p. 16)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 October 2005; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel ; An Accidental Terrorist Steven Lang , 2005 single work novel ; A Room in Bombay and Other Stories Dorothy Wentworth-Walsh , 2005 selected work autobiography
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 October 2005; (p. 22)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 October 2005; (p. 22)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 October 2005; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel ; An Accidental Terrorist Steven Lang , 2005 single work novel ; A Room in Bombay and Other Stories Dorothy Wentworth-Walsh , 2005 selected work autobiography
One to Wile Away a Couple of Hours David Wood , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 November 2005; (p. 16)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 November 2005; (p. 25)
— Review of The Olive Sisters Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work novel
Fresh History, Delicious Detail Amanda Hampson , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , September no. 151 2005; (p. 3, 16)
Picture This Kate McKenna , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 July 2014; (p. 33)
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