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'Happy families are not always conventional. Conventional families are not always happy. A panorama in miniature of contemporary'Australian life in which different worlds connect and collide: city and country, 'old' Europe and 'new' Australia, black and white Australians and male and female values.
'A warm and compelling novel about women's lives, the past and its secrets and the different shapes families can take.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Epigraph: What else should our lives be but a series of beginnings, of painful settings out into the unknown, pushing off from the edges of unconsciousness into the mystery of what we have not yet become. - David Malouf.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Families: Fact or Fiction?
1999
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Sydney Papers , vol. 11 no. 4 1999; (p. 19-29) -
When Love Comes by Accident
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 September 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
The Tectonics of Family
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 212 1999; (p. 22)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
Books in Brief
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , July vol. 4 no. 6 1999; (p. 26)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
Family Romance in Unfamiliar Fashion
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 June 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel
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Strength of Women
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 June 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
Family Romance in Unfamiliar Fashion
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 June 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
Books in Brief
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , July vol. 4 no. 6 1999; (p. 26)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
The Tectonics of Family
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 212 1999; (p. 22)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
When Love Comes by Accident
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 September 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Happy Families 1999 single work novel -
Families: Fact or Fiction?
1999
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Sydney Papers , vol. 11 no. 4 1999; (p. 19-29)
Awards
- 2000 winner Vision Australia Foundation Audio Book Awards — Adult Audio Book of the Year Also winner, Adult Narrator of the Year (Helen Morse) who read the story.
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