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'When Mina receives an urgent call from her best friend back in Melbourne, her world is turned upside down. Her agoraphobic mother, Elaine, has left the house for the first time in twelve years. Mina drops everything to fly home, only to discover that Elaine will not talk about her sudden return to the world, nor why she's spent so much time hiding from it. Their reunion leaves Mina raking through pieces of their painful past in a bid to uncover the truth.
'Both tender and fierce, heartbreaking and funny, Kokomo is a story about how secrets and love have the power to bring us together and tear us apart.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Kokomo by Victoria Hannan Review : Anticipated Debut Lives Up to the Hype
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 August 2020;
— Review of Kokomo 2020 single work novel -
Victoria Hannan on Kokomo, Home and Relationships : ‘I Wanted to Write a Love Letter to Friendship’
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 487 2020;'Kokomo, the first novel from Adelaide-born, Melbourne-based author Victoria Hannan, is one of the year’s most anticipated Australian debuts.'
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Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2020;
— Review of The Fogging 2020 single work novel ; Kokomo 2020 single work novel ; Loner 2020 single work novel -
Victoria Hannan, Kokomo
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 22-28 August 2020;
— Review of Kokomo 2020 single work novel'Kokomo, Victoria Hannan’s much-anticipated debut novel, opens with an ode to a penis.' (Introduction)
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Quarantine Q&A : Victoria Hannan
2020
2020
single work
interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;
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Cooee! : A Wry Romantic Comedy
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 423 2020; (p. 31)
— Review of Kokomo 2020 single work novel 'Kokomo has a startling beginning.'Mina knew in that moment what love is', goes the first sentence. She is looking at Jack's penis, which is compared to a soldier, a ballerina, a lighthouse, and a cooee. It is also the nicest penis she has ever seen.' (Introduction)
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Kokomo by Victoria Hannan, a Millennial Fiction That Spans Generations
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 30 July 2020;
— Review of Kokomo 2020 single work novel'Victoria Hannan’s Kokomo – which won last year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript – is a novel about loss, exile, homecoming, family and, above all, love.'
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Victoria Hannan, Kokomo
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 22-28 August 2020;
— Review of Kokomo 2020 single work novel'Kokomo, Victoria Hannan’s much-anticipated debut novel, opens with an ode to a penis.' (Introduction)
-
Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2020;
— Review of The Fogging 2020 single work novel ; Kokomo 2020 single work novel ; Loner 2020 single work novel -
Kokomo by Victoria Hannan Review : Anticipated Debut Lives Up to the Hype
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 August 2020;
— Review of Kokomo 2020 single work novel -
Show Your Working : Victoria Hannan
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2020;'Show Your Working is a regular column exploring how some of our favourite writers get things done. This month, we take a peek into the writing routine of author Victoria Hannan, whose debut novel Kokomo, a fierce, heartbreaking and funny story about secrets, desire and regret, is available from 28 July from Hachette.'
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Quarantine Q&A : Victoria Hannan
2020
2020
single work
interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-; -
Victoria Hannan on Kokomo, Home and Relationships : ‘I Wanted to Write a Love Letter to Friendship’
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 487 2020;'Kokomo, the first novel from Adelaide-born, Melbourne-based author Victoria Hannan, is one of the year’s most anticipated Australian debuts.'
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover designed by Alissa Dinallo
- 2021 longlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
- 2019 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer