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'Susan Swingler is the step-daughter of one of Australia's most revered writers - Elizabeth Jolley. Abandoned by her father Leonard at the age of four, Susan had no contact with the Jolley family until they found and reclaimed her at the age of twenty-one. Why they were kept apart is the subject of this startling new memoir.
'The House of Fiction tells the story of Swingler's quest to find her father. As she painstakingly traces and documents clues to a better understanding of Leonard, she inadvertently unravels an intricate fiction created by Elizabeth Jolley to protect those she loves.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For Rebecca and Lucy
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Fiction and Lies : What We Learn from Elizabeth Jolley’s Love Letters
2013
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 29 October 2013; -
A Marriage of True Minds : Leonard and Elizabeth Jolley
2013
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biography
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 58 no. 2 2013; (p. 118-137) -
Secret Letters Reveal Jolley's Life Was as Intriguing as Her Fictional Characters
2013
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2013; (p. 8-9) The Canberra Times , 28 October 2013; (p. 6) -
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Conversations : Susan Swingler
Richard Fidler
(interviewer),
Australia
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ABC Radio National
,
2012
8875412
2012
single work
interview
'Susan Swingler's father was Leonard Jolley, the man who was married to revered Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley.
'It took Susan decades to unravel the lies Leonard told the family he'd left behind in England when he moved to Australia to make a new life with Elizabeth and their children.
'The deceptions were sustained by Elizabeth Jolley too, deceptions that left Susan hurt, bewildered and incredulous when she eventually discovered them.
'Her memoir of this strange but true family story is called House of Fiction, published by Fremantle Press.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Central Mischief
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 72 no. 1 2012; (p. 238-244)
— Review of The House of Fiction : Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley : A Memoir 2012 single work autobiography
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The Jolley Riddle: A Daughter's Quest
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 May 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of The House of Fiction : Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley : A Memoir 2012 single work autobiography -
Truth, Lies and Family Secrets
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 May 2012; (p. 37)
— Review of The House of Fiction : Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley : A Memoir 2012 single work autobiography -
Secrets of the Jolleys
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 341 2012; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The House of Fiction : Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley : A Memoir 2012 single work autobiography -
Detective Story Unearths the Real Jolley
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 May 2012; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The House of Fiction : Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley : A Memoir 2012 single work autobiography -
A Jolley Big Lie Revealed
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 - 20 May 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of The House of Fiction : Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley : A Memoir 2012 single work autobiography -
Memoirs are Made of This : A Page Turns on the 2012 Writers Festival
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 March 2012; (p. 5) -
The Jolley Deception
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 April 2012; (p. 28-29) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 April 2012; (p. 30-31) -
Secret Letters Reveal Jolley's Life Was as Intriguing as Her Fictional Characters
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 October 2013; (p. 8-9) The Canberra Times , 28 October 2013; (p. 6) -
A Marriage of True Minds : Leonard and Elizabeth Jolley
2013
single work
biography
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 58 no. 2 2013; (p. 118-137) -
Fiction and Lies : What We Learn from Elizabeth Jolley’s Love Letters
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 29 October 2013;