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'Moralla, a fading seaside town on the 'beautifully uncivilised' Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, has won Australia's Tidy Towns award for two years running. Now Rebecca Moore--the most beautiful, talented girl in town--is dead and there's nothing tidy about it. It seems everyone in this sleepy hollow is breaking bad and something has to be done. Why was she on the Princes Highway at four a.m.? What could have lured her there and how will the town cope with the series of events set in motion by her shocking departure?
'When the maverick foundation Rural Liberties sets up unconventional sexual retreats on Moralla's fringes and TV's longest-running reality show recruits the town's number two beauty, the stage is set for one of the most diabolical and outrageous coups ever. If what happens in Moralla stays in Moralla, then what will the new arrivals bring and what will they leave behind?
'Rebecca is watching from the wings as the town's moral compass goes haywire and a bold new era of debauchery and enlightenment is set to begin.'
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Works about this Work
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Haunting Tale of Human Isolation
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 February 2018; (p. 18)
— Review of Soon 2017 single work novel ; Rural Liberties 2017 single work novel ; The Last Long Drop 2017 single work novel ; The Fish Girl 2017 single work novella'Western Australia is experiencing a literary purple patch at the moment and Lois Murphy’s debut novel, Soon (Transit Lounge, 288pp, $29.99), is further evidence of this. Murphy, who lives in Melbourne now, spent six years travelling Australia in a homemade four-wheel-drive truck, and this novel about the stubborn last residents of an abandoned town is loosely based on the fate of Wittenoom, infamous as the site of Australia’s largest asbestos mine.' (Introduction)
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NRB Editors on Their Favourite Books of 2017
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , December 2017;
— Review of Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly 2017 single work novel ; An Isolated Incident 2016 single work novel ; The Golden Child 2017 single work novel ; Rural Liberties 2017 single work novelFor the first time in NRB’s history, Jean and Linda both have the same title on their books-of-the-year lists. What could it be? Read on to find out …
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NRB Editors on Their Favourite Books of 2017
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , December 2017;
— Review of Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly 2017 single work novel ; An Isolated Incident 2016 single work novel ; The Golden Child 2017 single work novel ; Rural Liberties 2017 single work novelFor the first time in NRB’s history, Jean and Linda both have the same title on their books-of-the-year lists. What could it be? Read on to find out …
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Haunting Tale of Human Isolation
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 February 2018; (p. 18)
— Review of Soon 2017 single work novel ; Rural Liberties 2017 single work novel ; The Last Long Drop 2017 single work novel ; The Fish Girl 2017 single work novella'Western Australia is experiencing a literary purple patch at the moment and Lois Murphy’s debut novel, Soon (Transit Lounge, 288pp, $29.99), is further evidence of this. Murphy, who lives in Melbourne now, spent six years travelling Australia in a homemade four-wheel-drive truck, and this novel about the stubborn last residents of an abandoned town is loosely based on the fate of Wittenoom, infamous as the site of Australia’s largest asbestos mine.' (Introduction)
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