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Margaret Bearman Margaret Bearman i(A23556 works by)
Born: Established: 1966 ;
Gender: Female
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1 2 y separately published work icon We Were Never Friends Margaret Bearman , Sydney : Brio Books , 2020 18436037 2020 single work novel

'Lotti Coates lives in the shadow of a genius: her father George is a brilliant and celebrated Australian painter.

'When Lotti meets the outcast waif Kyla at a suburban Canberra school, two worlds are set to collide. Slowly Kyla is drawn into the orbit of the Coates family. Or is it the other way around?

'As Lotti and Kyla navigate their way towards adulthood, dark secrets start to unravel, with devastating consequences …

'We Were Never Friends is a story of friendship, the pursuit of a creative life and the legacies we leave behind.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Influences : Margaret Bearman Margaret Bearman , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 September 2002; (p. 8)
1 4 y separately published work icon Above the Water Margaret Bearman , East Roseville : Scribner , 2002 Z976679 2002 single work novel A novel about a woman damaged by violence, laced with pain of loss, scars and resurgent memory, and the long process of healing. (The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008, p. 7)
1 Appetites Margaret Bearman , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 4 1999; (p. 82-86)
1 Descending Margaret Bearman , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 44 1993; (p. 44-56)
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