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'Jonathan Lott, recently divorced, is about to find how much love really matters in a funny, delightful and poignant novel that lays out the human condition - looking for love in all of its many forms with secrets, polite lies, desperation, compromise and joy.
Jonathan Lott is confused. His wife has left him for a woman and he doesn't like living alone. Is it true that an about-to-be-divorced man in possession of a good fortune is in need of a new wife? Would Penny Collins do, divorced herself, school teacher and frustrated artist? What about beautiful Anna, blown in from who knows where, trailing broken marriages behind her? There's a lot happening at The Landing, where Jonathan has his beach house, and he's about to find out how much love matters.' (Source: Publisher's website)
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Dedication: For Sandra Hogan, encore, friend of my heart. And for Jeff Humphreys, who is loved.
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Works about this Work
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From Vance Palmer's The Passage to Susan Johnson's The Landing
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 24 no. 2 2017; (p. 191-201)'This article compares Vance Palmer's classic novel, The Passage (1930), set in Caloundra, with Susan Johnson's The Landing (2015), a comic novel of manners set at the northern end of the contemporary Sunshine Coast. It considers the novels’ different perspectives on Australian society and changing values, including attitudes to nature, arguing that Palmer's novel now seems more idealistic than realist while Johnson's cynicism about Australian life shows some disturbing elements beneath the comedy.' (Abstract)
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Review : The Landing
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2015; (p. 38)
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel -
‘Could Not Put It Down’
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , October 2015;
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel ; Relativity 2015 single work novel ; The Other Side of the World 2015 single work novel -
Lott's Wife
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 374 2015; (p. 11)
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel -
A Contemporary World in Delicious Microcosm
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 20 September 2015; (p. 12) The Sunday Age , 20 September 2015; (p. 12)
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel
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Village People
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 August 2015; (p. 18)
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel 'Susan Johnson took a break from journalism to write a comedy of manners about a small Queensland town and its fascinating cast of characters...' -
Learning to Play the Cards We Are Dealt
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 August 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel -
Angst, Sadness and Sly Humour Too
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 September 2015; (p. 13)
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel -
Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 September 2015; (p. 28)
— Review of The Hands : An Australian Pastoral 2015 single work novel ; The Landing 2015 single work novel -
Life's Quiet Lessons Revealed in a Rich Emotional Palette
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 September 2015; (p. 24) The Age , 12 September 2015; (p. 24)
— Review of The Landing 2015 single work novel -
From Vance Palmer's The Passage to Susan Johnson's The Landing
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 24 no. 2 2017; (p. 191-201)'This article compares Vance Palmer's classic novel, The Passage (1930), set in Caloundra, with Susan Johnson's The Landing (2015), a comic novel of manners set at the northern end of the contemporary Sunshine Coast. It considers the novels’ different perspectives on Australian society and changing values, including attitudes to nature, arguing that Palmer's novel now seems more idealistic than realist while Johnson's cynicism about Australian life shows some disturbing elements beneath the comedy.' (Abstract)
