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'Five women share their lives at a playgroup, desperate for the company of adults. Madelaine looks forward to the meetings, but they can be a torment. Amaretto biscuits, designer clothes, unwelcome advice - nothing seems to fit. Her relationships are forcing her out of control. When one of the group begins an illicit affair, everyone gets caught in the deadly crossfire.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Epigraph: It is in point of fact, a difficult matter for men to realise the extreme importance of social discrimination which seems outwardly insignificant but which produces in women moral and intellectual efforts so profound that they appear to spring from her original nature. - Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
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Five women share their lives at a playgroup, desperate for the company of adults. When one of the group begins an illicit affair, everyone gets caught in the deadly crossfire.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Interview
Petra Fromm
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Summer no. 9 2007; (p. 26-29) -
Australian Fiction 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 108-119) -
Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 106 2006; (p. 53-55)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 3 - 16 November no. 304 2006; (p. 19)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel -
[Review] Cleanskin
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 62)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 85 no. 10 2006; (p. 49)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel -
Disparate Housewives
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 June 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel ; Safety 2006 single work novel -
A Tale of Desperate Housewives Downunder
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 July 2006; (p. 16)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel -
The Female Unique
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 August vol. 124 no. 6535 2006; (p. 66-67)
— Review of The Unexpected Elements of Love 2006 single work novel ; Cleanskin 2006 single work novel ; Border Street 2006 single work novel -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Spring no. 4 2006; (p. 60)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel -
Australian Fiction 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 108-119) -
The Interview
Petra Fromm
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Summer no. 9 2007; (p. 26-29)
Last amended 15 Nov 2016 15:09:05
Subjects:
- Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln - Louth Bay area, Southern Eyre Peninsula, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia,
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