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John Oldham John Oldham i(A21287 works by)
Born: Established: ca. 1910 ;
Gender: Male
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4 52 y separately published work icon The Sugar Mother Elizabeth Jolley , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1988 Z377530 1988 single work novel

'Edwin Page, a fussy middle-aged professor, no sooner bids farewell to his obstetrician wife, Cecilia, who accepted a fellowship abroad, when his new neighbors, Mrs. Botts and her sexy, twentyish daughter, Leila, arrive. Since they're locked out of their house, Edwin invites them in—and then can't get them to leave. He becomes obsessed with Leila and convinces himself that she is a perfect surrogate mother for the childless Cecilia.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Persea ed.).
1 The 1930s Influence John Oldham , Ray Oldham , 1987 single work column autobiography
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , February vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 18-19)
1 Statesman and Poet John Oldham , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 April 1984; (p. 19)
— Review of The Gifted Knight : Sir Robert Garran, G.C.M.G., Q.C. : First Commonwealth Public Servant, Poet, Scholar and Lawyer Robert Garran , Noel Francis , 1983 single work biography
1 Picasso and the Arts Under Capitalism John Oldham , 1947 single work
— Appears in: Communist Review , September no. 73 1947; (p. 661.663)
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