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'Sydney, 1942. Pearl is eighteen, beautiful and impetuous. She plays saxophone in an all-girl jazz band at the Trocadero and occasionally sits in on underground gigs with her twin brother Martin, who also plays the sax. On one such evening black GI and jazz legend James Washington blows into her life, and nothing is ever the same again, especially not Pearl.
'A love story begins to unfold against the blacked-out nights and rumour-filled days of a city in the grip of war. But public events are closing in on Pearl's private world. When James is shipped out to fight in New Guinea, she hatches a breathtaking plan to reunite with him. And then all hell breaks loose.
'Moving, tender and audaciously original, Love in the Years of Lunacy is a love story with a haunting jazz soundtrack and a war story like no other.' (From the publisher's website.)
'A love story begins to unfold against the blacked-out nights and rumour-filled days of a city in the grip of war. But public events are closing in on Pearl's private world. When James is shipped out to fight in New Guinea, she hatches a breathtaking plan to reunite with him. And then all hell breaks loose.
'Moving, tender and audaciously original, Love in the Years of Lunacy is a love story with a haunting jazz soundtrack and a war story like no other.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication:For Louis
And in memory of my parents, Gerry and Betty,
whose many anecdotes and adventures inspired this story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Book Review – Love in the Years of Lunacy by Mandy Sayer
2012
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review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2012;
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
Mandy Sayer : Love in the Years of Lunacy
2012
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— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , February 2012;
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
[Review] Love in the Years of Lunacy
2011
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review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011;
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
War of Hearts and Minds
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 June 2011; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel ; The Voyagers : A Love Story 2011 single work novel -
Insanity of Love and War
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 - 29 May 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel
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[Review] Love in the Years of Lunacy
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 90 no. 7 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
Two Star-Crossed Lovers Find Sweet Sax in the City
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 April - 1 May 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
Sugar-Coated
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 331 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
Love and War in Jazz Liaison
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 May 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
Romance
2011
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review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 May 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy 2011 single work novel -
It's a Date at Last, but Decorum Can't Make It
2011
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column
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 May 2011; (p. 19)
Awards
- 2012 winner APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover designed by Emily O'Neill
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