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''What do you want, Hol?' Abby looks into my eyes. 'I ... I want to know that I'm using my powers for good and -' 'You want to make a dead man proud.' 'Whoa!' 'You want to put bandages over severed arteries that really need to be sewn shut. You want the moral high ground.'
Holly Yarkov has a boyfriend who is a gift from the universe. She has a job that fulfils her even as it wears her down. She has a dangerously appealing co-worker, who literally plays with fire. And she has a layer of steel around her heart that is beginning to tarnish. Just as she is reaching for a future she can't quite see, Holly finds her present invaded by the past, by memories of her father's death and of her once best friend, the boy-who-never-was.
Grief and longing run like veins of quicksilver through this beautiful novel, which is at once gloriously funny and achingly sad.' (Publisher's blurb)
Grief and longing run like veins of quicksilver through this beautiful novel, which is at once gloriously funny and achingly sad.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Holier Than Thou by Laura Buzo
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , July 2012;
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 20 no. 3 2012; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel -
New Young Adult Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 July 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel ; The Ink Bridge 2012 single work novel ; Grace Beside Me 2012 single work novel -
[Review] Holier Than Thou
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 38)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 32)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel
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[Review] Holier Than Thou
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 38)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel -
New Young Adult Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 July 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel ; The Ink Bridge 2012 single work novel ; Grace Beside Me 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 20 no. 3 2012; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 32)
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel -
Holier Than Thou by Laura Buzo
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , July 2012;
— Review of Holier Than Thou 2012 single work novel
Awards
- 2014 highly commended Barbara Jefferis Award
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