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'When three young women set off on a hike through the wilderness they are anticipating the adventure of a lifetime. Over the next five days, as they face up to the challenging terrain, it soon becomes clear they are not alone and the freedom they feel quickly turns to fear. Only when it is too late for them to turn back do they fully appreciate the danger they are in. As their friendship is tested, each girl makes an irrevocable choice; the legacy of which haunts them for years to come.
'Now in their forties, Samantha, Lisa and Nicole are estranged, but decide to revisit their original hike in an attempt to salvage what they lost. As geography and history collide, they are forced to come to terms with the differences that have grown between them and the true value of friendship.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication:
For my friends,
those women who walk with me.
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In March 2021, it was announced that the novel would be adapted as a six-part television series by Australian actor Rose Byrne's Dollhouse Pictures. (Source: https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/03/11/170569/byrne-to-adapt-the-geography-of-friendship-for-tv/)
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The Australian Women's Weekly, great read
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- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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No Safety in Numbers
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , June no. 54 2019;
— Review of The Geography of Friendship 2018 single work novel 'In 1993, Mary Morris, in her compilation of women’s travel writing, Maiden voyages, observed that women, while travelling, are always vulnerable to sexual violence: ‘the fear of rape, for example, whether crossing the Sahara, or just crossing a city street at night’ (Morris 1993: xvii). Twenty-five years later, the reality remains. In June 2018, three weeks before Sally Piper launched her new novel, The geography of friendship, Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon was raped and murdered in Carlton North while walking home from a Melbourne bar.'(Introduction)
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No Safety in Numbers
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , June no. 54 2019;
— Review of The Geography of Friendship 2018 single work novel 'In 1993, Mary Morris, in her compilation of women’s travel writing, Maiden voyages, observed that women, while travelling, are always vulnerable to sexual violence: ‘the fear of rape, for example, whether crossing the Sahara, or just crossing a city street at night’ (Morris 1993: xvii). Twenty-five years later, the reality remains. In June 2018, three weeks before Sally Piper launched her new novel, The geography of friendship, Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon was raped and murdered in Carlton North while walking home from a Melbourne bar.'(Introduction)
