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'An electrifying debut novel about faith and lies, the spirit and the flesh.
'When her mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Natasha returns to the home she fled many years before. But her father, a Charismatic Christian, has not changed: he is still the domineering yet magnetic man she ran from, and the family is still in his thrall. He comes home one night with astonishing news: he has received a message from God that his wife is to be healed, and they must hold a party to celebrate. As Natasha and her sisters prepare for the big event – and the miracle – she struggles to reconcile her family’s faith with her sense that they are pretending.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication : For Stephen and Mark
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Terminal cancer, requiring wheelchair. Type of character Secondary. Point of view First person.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
- y The Healing Party by Micheline Lee : Notes Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2018 13927156 2018 single work criticism
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Review : 'The Healing Party' by Micheline Lee
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 383 2016; (p. 64)
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel -
Micheline Lee Interview : The Struggle with Religious Convictions in Her Debut
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 24 June 2016;
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel 'Micheline Lee was 11 years old when she became a born-again Christian and gave herself to Jesus. By the age of 15, she was disillusioned and wanted out of the charismatic movement. It took another three years, before Lee braved her parents' objections to quit the evangelical church for good. ...' -
Micheline Lee
Linda Morris
(interviewer),
2016
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 June 2016; (p. 24) The Saturday Age , 25-26 June 2016; (p. 24) -
The Healing Party Review : Micheline Lee's Exquisitely Rendered Debut Novel
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 17 June 2016;
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel 'As soon as she finished school, Natasha Chan ran away to Darwin. Eight years later, she is summoned back to Melbourne by her eldest sister, Anita. Natasha returns to the very street from which she had fled because her mother, Irene, is dying of cancer. For the next few months, she will try to build some kind of bridge to Irene, a woman with whom she has longed to be able to connect. ...'
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Micheline Lee, The Healing Party
2016
single work
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 28 May 2016;
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel -
Review : The Healing Party
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , June no. 123 2016; (p. 56)
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel -
Struggling with a Leap of Faith
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18 June 2016; (p. 18)
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel -
Family Fortunes in Distressing Times
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 June 2016; (p. 24) The Saturday Age , 18-19 June 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel -
The Healing Party Review : Micheline Lee's Exquisitely Rendered Debut Novel
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 17 June 2016;
— Review of The Healing Party 2016 single work novel 'As soon as she finished school, Natasha Chan ran away to Darwin. Eight years later, she is summoned back to Melbourne by her eldest sister, Anita. Natasha returns to the very street from which she had fled because her mother, Irene, is dying of cancer. For the next few months, she will try to build some kind of bridge to Irene, a woman with whom she has longed to be able to connect. ...' -
Micheline Lee
Linda Morris
(interviewer),
2016
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 June 2016; (p. 24) The Saturday Age , 25-26 June 2016; (p. 24) -
Going the Bloody Hard Way
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Monthly Blog , June 2016;Helen Garner's notes on Micheline Lee’s ‘The Healing Party’
- y The Healing Party by Micheline Lee : Notes Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2018 13927156 2018 single work criticism
Awards
- 2018 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
- 2017 longlisted Voss Literary Prize
- 2017 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Fiction