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'Jo narrates the story of her strong, passionate mother, Willa, whose gradual slide into dementia shifts them into a new and difficult relationship.Willa's life since arriving in Australia from Scotland as a young woman is re-created in vignettes: her spectacularly wrong choice in husband, the eccentricities of her family, the community of friends that sustain her, and her enduring capacity for joy. And in the telling, Jo also confronts her own life choices as a woman addicted to 'being perpetually worried about something or other. And certainly addicted to love'.' (Back cover).
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Dedication: For my mother.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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This Week You're Reading
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 10 March 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
An Old Dilemma
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 May 2007; (p. 7)
— Review of The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
Soapy Sheen to Leading Ladies' Emotional Journeys
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 April 2007; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Shearwater 2007 single work novel ; Love Like Water 2007 single work novel ; The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
Inside Her Character's Head
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 April 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of The End of the World 2007 selected work short story ; The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 March - 1 April 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of The Seamstress 2007 single work novel
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Two Lives Stitched Together by Love
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 March 2007; (p. 26)
— Review of The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 March - 1 April 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
Inside Her Character's Head
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 April 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of The End of the World 2007 selected work short story ; The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
Soapy Sheen to Leading Ladies' Emotional Journeys
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 April 2007; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Shearwater 2007 single work novel ; Love Like Water 2007 single work novel ; The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
An Old Dilemma
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 May 2007; (p. 7)
— Review of The Seamstress 2007 single work novel
Awards
- 2009 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2008 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
- 2007 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction
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