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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 When Things Are Alive They Hum
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'Marlowe and Harper share a bond deeper than most sisters, shaped by the loss of their mother in childhood. For Harper, living with what she calls the Up syndrome and gifted with an endless capacity for wonder, Marlowe and she are connected by an invisible thread, like the hum that connects all things. For Marlowe, they are bound by her fierce determination to keep Harper, born with a congenital heart disorder, alive.

'Now 25, Marlowe is finally living her own life abroad, pursuing her studies of a rare species of butterfly secure in the knowledge Harper’s happiness is complete, having found love with boyfriend, Louis. But then she receives the devastating call that Harper’s heart is failing. She needs a heart transplant but is denied one by the medical establishment because she is living with a disability. Marlowe rushes to her childhood home in Hong Kong to be by Harper’s side and soon has to answer the question – what lengths would you go to save your sister?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: 'For Camilla'
  • Author's note: 'Marlowe's 'discovery' relating to the conservation of the Phengaris arion butterfly (Maculinea arion) is based on the work of J.A. Thomas and D.J. Simcox

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ultimo, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ultimo Press , 2021 .
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      Extent: 348p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 28 July 2021.
      ISBN: 9781761150081

Works about this Work

Books Roundup : Late Bloomer, Muddy People, Dark as Last Night, When Things are Alive They Hum C.B. Mako , Sara Saleh , Thabani Tshuma , Lucinda Bain , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2021;

— Review of Late Bloomer : How An Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life Clem Bastow , 2021 single work autobiography ; Muddy People Sara El Sayed , 2021 single work autobiography ; Dark As Last Night Tony Birch , 2021 selected work short story ; When Things Are Alive They Hum Hannah Bent , 2021 single work novel
Books Roundup : Late Bloomer, Muddy People, Dark as Last Night, When Things are Alive They Hum C.B. Mako , Sara Saleh , Thabani Tshuma , Lucinda Bain , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2021;

— Review of Late Bloomer : How An Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life Clem Bastow , 2021 single work autobiography ; Muddy People Sara El Sayed , 2021 single work autobiography ; Dark As Last Night Tony Birch , 2021 selected work short story ; When Things Are Alive They Hum Hannah Bent , 2021 single work novel
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