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In the 1870s two remarkable women meet in a remote country town in Western Australia. Ingrid is a botanist, fiercely independent and travelling alone as she collects botanical specimens. Hundreds of miles from home, she tries to distance herself from a broken heart after her lover was forced to marry. Ingrid puts her own troubles aside on meeting Ellyn, a young woman living in stark isolation and driven close to madness by the death of her baby daughter. Ellyn's husband is away indefinitely, and she's had no word from him while the small community has turned its back on her because of her "unseemly" grieving. When the two women meet they forge a bond that grows ever deeper. But can their intimacy find acceptance in their conventional world?' - back cover
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Dedication: For Mum and Dad
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Garden Plots
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Northerly : The Northern Rivers Writers' Centre Magazine , July-August 2015; (p. 12-13) An overview of Emma Ashmere's favourite gardens in Australian literature. -
Passion and Promise from Emerging Voices
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 30-31) -
Nuance and Ambivalence
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 190 2008; (p. 84-85)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel ; The Orphan Gunner 2007 single work novel -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 291 2007; (p. 59)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 February 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel
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Forbidden Romance for Victorian Times
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 January 2007; (p. 18)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel -
Outback Lives Bound by Hardship
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 January 2007; (p. 30-31)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 February 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 291 2007; (p. 59)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel -
Nuance and Ambivalence
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 190 2008; (p. 84-85)
— Review of A Curious Intimacy 2007 single work novel ; The Orphan Gunner 2007 single work novel -
Passion and Promise from Emerging Voices
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 30-31) -
Garden Plots
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Northerly : The Northern Rivers Writers' Centre Magazine , July-August 2015; (p. 12-13) An overview of Emma Ashmere's favourite gardens in Australian literature.
Awards
- 2009 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2008 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 2008 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
- 2007 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction
Last amended 16 Apr 2018 11:36:02
Settings:
- Western Australia,
- Bush,
- 1870s
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