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'Valley of Grace is an interwoven narrative of modern day Paris.
'Fanny and Gerard fall in love in a way that surprises even them as their lives fill with good sex and loving companionship. But they long for a child to complete their happiness. Two of Fanny's lesbian friends feel similarly driven by the need to have a child. But how to make that possible?
'Jean-Marie is an internationally regarded professor of philosophy whose adoring students are willing sexual partners fulfilling the tenets of his libertarianism. But perhaps philosophy can't bear the weight of human emotion.
'When Gerard buys a beautiful old house in the suburbs, the disturbing contents of the attic binds the stories into an intriguing and darkly disturbing knot. (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Bianca Lucy, Julee and James
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Epigraph: All things, said Plato, are produced either by nature, or by chance, or by art; the greatest sand most beautiful by one or other of the first tow, the least and most imperfect by the last.
Montaigne Essays
Book 1, Chapter 31, 'On Cannibals'
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Works about this Work
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Journeys and Pilgrimages : Marion Halligan's Fiction
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 19-23) -
[Review] Valley of Grace
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , May no. 351 2009; (p. 32)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Valley of Grace
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 36)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
Lust, Love, Longing and Corollary
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 April 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
Legacies Shaping the Present
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel
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A Fertile Imagination
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 - 8 March 2009; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Valley of Grace
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 - 8 March 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
Charm Softens a Dark Heart
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 March 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
Story Comes Second in a Fine Exploration of Ethics
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 March 2009; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Valley of Grace
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 March 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Valley of Grace 2009 single work novel -
Grief Weaves in Gifts of Life
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 March 2009; (p. 10) -
Journeys and Pilgrimages : Marion Halligan's Fiction
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 19-23)
Awards
- 2011 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2010 winner Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award
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