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1 My Father’s Daughter Jay Martin , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Women of a Certain Rage 2021; (p. 45-53)
1 The Stories We Let Go : On Writing Vodka & Apple Juice Jay Martin , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2018;

Kill Your Darlings’ First Book Club pick for September is Vodka & Apple Juice by Jay Martin (Fremantle Press), a warm, engaging memoir of travel in Poland and life inside an Australian embassy from the winner of the City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award.
1 Guest in the House, God in the House Jay Martin , 2018 extract autobiography (Vodka and Apple Juice : Travels of an Undiplomatic Wife in Poland)
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2018;
1 2 y separately published work icon Vodka and Apple Juice : Travels of an Undiplomatic Wife in Poland Jay Martin , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2018 14312007 2018 single work autobiography

'When Jay’s husband lands a diplomatic job in Warsaw, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her predictable life in Canberra for a three-year adventure in the heart of central Europe.

'Jay shelves her corporate wardrobe and throws herself into life as a diplomatic wife. Between glamorous cocktail parties and ambassadorial shenanigans, Jay sets out to get to know quirky, difficult, fascinating Poland, with its impenetrable language and sometimes unfathomable customs.

'It’s a challenge even for an intrepid traveller with a willing heart. Not to mention a marriage that increasingly doesn’t look as if it will survive its third Polish winter. '  (Publication summary)
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