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'The Eulogy is a literary page-turner from new Australian voice Jackie Bailey – a story about family, death and grief that is full of love, humour and life.
'It’s winter in Logan, south-east Queensland, and still warm enough to sleep in a car at night if you have nowhere else to go. But Kathy can’t sleep. Her husband is on her blocked called list and she’s running from a kidnapping charge, a Tupperware container of 300 sleeping pills in her glovebox. She has driven from Sydney to plan a funeral with her five surviving siblings (most of whom she hardly speaks to) because their sister Annie is finally, blessedly, inconceivably dead from the brain tumour she was diagnosed with twenty-five years ago, the year everything changed.
'Kathy wonders – she has always wondered – did Annie get sick to protect her? And if so, from what?
'In writing Annie’s eulogy, Kathy attempts to understand the tangled story of the Bradley family: from their mother’s childhood during the Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War Two and their father’s experiences in the Malayan conflict and the Vietnam War, to Annie’s cancer and disability, and the events that have shaped the person that Kathy is today. Ultimately, Kathy needs Annie to help her decide whether she will allow herself to love and be loved.
'Jackie Bailey’s autofiction novel is an astounding debut, deftly weaving together storylines and relationships over decades, and will stay with readers long after the last page.' (Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Who Hurt You?
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2022;
— Review of The Eulogy 2022 single work novel -
Books Roundup
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2022;
— Review of The Eulogy 2022 single work novel ; Homesickness : A Memoir 2022 single work autobiography ; This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story ; Basin 2022 single work novel -
What I Wish I’d Known About: Studying Creative Writing
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2022; -
‘Propulsive’, ‘Evocative’, ‘Brilliant’ : The Best Australian Books Out in June
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 June 2022;
— Review of Horse : A Novel 2022 single work novel ; Our Members Be Unlimited 2022 single work graphic novel non-fiction ; Basin 2022 single work novel ; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life 2022 selected work short story ; Talking About a Revolution 2022 selected work essay ; Pomegranate and Fig 2022 single work novel ; Dirt Town 2022 single work novel ; The Eulogy 2022 single work novel
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‘Propulsive’, ‘Evocative’, ‘Brilliant’ : The Best Australian Books Out in June
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 June 2022;
— Review of Horse : A Novel 2022 single work novel ; Our Members Be Unlimited 2022 single work graphic novel non-fiction ; Basin 2022 single work novel ; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life 2022 selected work short story ; Talking About a Revolution 2022 selected work essay ; Pomegranate and Fig 2022 single work novel ; Dirt Town 2022 single work novel ; The Eulogy 2022 single work novel -
Books Roundup
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2022;
— Review of The Eulogy 2022 single work novel ; Homesickness : A Memoir 2022 single work autobiography ; This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story ; Basin 2022 single work novel -
Who Hurt You?
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2022;
— Review of The Eulogy 2022 single work novel -
What I Wish I’d Known About: Studying Creative Writing
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2022;
Awards
- 2023 longlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover designed by Akiko Chan.
- 2023 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Multicultural NSW Award
- 2023 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- Logan City, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,