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'In this compelling anthology of personal essays, curated by award-winning author Lee Kofman, some of Australia’s most beloved writers reveal, for the first time, powerful, occasionally funny and often heartbreaking stories of significant endings and their aftermath.
'Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project, shares how he discarded his past – perhaps autistic – self, while comedian Sami Shah writes about his public split from Islam, the religion of his birth. Ramona Koval delves into the bittersweet end to her career at the ABC and Fiona Wright explores how her anorexia has affected her romantic relationships. Whereas Kate Holden suggests that for some, splitting – whether from memorabilia, books or lovers – is unimaginable.
'Join eighteen acclaimed storytellers in their candid and courageous reflections on the intrinsic human experience of loss and leaving, that acknowledge the price we can often pay for a much-needed end, or new beginning.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Rewiring, single work essay
- My Daughter's Lover, single work essay
- The Shop, single work essay
- Paris Scorpion, single work short story
- Forget Me, single work essay
- Life Is a Story, single work essay
- Lola, single work essay
- Solving the Puzzle, single work essay
- Farther, single work essay
- The Lovers of Pompeii, single work essay
- Pilgrimage, single work essay
- Bruised, single work essay
- Boy, Gone, single work essay
- She's Coming Home, single work essay
- Divorce, Turkish Style, single work essay
- Goodbye and Good Luck, single work essay
- Aren't You Going to Ask Me Why I'm Angry?, single work essay
- Clinging, single work essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Tales of Loss with a Twist of Revelation
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8 June 2019; (p. 21)
— Review of Split : True Stories of Leaving, Loss and New Beginnings 2019 anthology essay autobiography'“There are always two sides to every story, if not more, depending on who is telling it, and why.” So writes Sunil Badami in his essay in Split. His is one of 18 first-person pieces curated by Melbourne-based writer Lee Kofman, who explains in her introduction that she looked for writing that showed real life unfolding with no need for resolution.' (Introduction)
-
Tales of Loss with a Twist of Revelation
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8 June 2019; (p. 21)
— Review of Split : True Stories of Leaving, Loss and New Beginnings 2019 anthology essay autobiography'“There are always two sides to every story, if not more, depending on who is telling it, and why.” So writes Sunil Badami in his essay in Split. His is one of 18 first-person pieces curated by Melbourne-based writer Lee Kofman, who explains in her introduction that she looked for writing that showed real life unfolding with no need for resolution.' (Introduction)