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'Three children wake up in a basement room of a large city hotel. They have been drugged and taken from their beds in the middle of the night. Now they are here. Alone.
Where are their parents? Who can they trust? The family has been betrayed to the government and Salt Cottage, their home on a clifftop above the ocean, is no longer safe. Their mother's scientific work has put them all in danger. To protect them, she must let them go. She must put her faith in an old family friend - and in her children's own resilience and courage.
Searing, provoking and unputdownable, The Book of Rapture challenges our beliefs about science, about children, and about trust.' (from publisher's website)
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Dedication: To A, L, O and T My Wild Love
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Includes an introduction by Professor A.R. Bowler, University of London (p vii-ix)
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Epigraph: It is the mark of a narrow world that it mistrusts the undefined. - Joseph Roth
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Includes Chapter Lessons : Sources p 269-273
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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After the Afterword
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 26 2009; -
Summer Sizzlers
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 December 2009; (p. 12-14)
— Review of Red Queen 2008 single work novel ; Siddon Rock 2005 single work novel ; We Don't Live Here Anymore 2009 single work novel ; Brown Skin Blue 2009 single work novel ; The Devil's Staircase 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe 2009 single work novel ; The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel ; Jasper Jones 2009 single work novel ; The Essence of the Thing 1997 single work novel ; The Women in Black 1993 single work novel ; The Lost Life 2009 single work novel Ian Nichols nominates a selection of titles for Summer reading over the 2009-2010 holiday period, including works by Australian writers. -
In the Basement
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 314 2009; (p. 38)
— Review of The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel -
Familial Bonds Abide in Face of Insanity
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 August 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel -
Beyond Fantasy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 26 July 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel
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Power and Passion
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 - 28 June 2009; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel -
[Review] The Book of Rapture
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 - 28 June 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel -
Not Everything Is about You
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 July 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel -
Well Read
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 July 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Between the Assassinations 2009 selected work novel ; The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel -
Flashes of Childish Wisdom in a Fable about Family Love
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 July 2009; (p. 32-33) The Age , 25 July 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of The Book of Rapture 2009 single work novel -
Juggling Acts in a Writer's Whirl
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 August 2009; (p. 7) -
After the Afterword
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 26 2009;
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