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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Broken Words
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'Winner of the 1989 Christina Stead Fiction Prize, this novel tells the story of a woman living in Clapham surrounded by a menage consisting of her son, her lover, her ex-husband, an Alsatian and many others.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1988 .
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      Extent: 121p.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: With thanks to Barbara Bridges, Jane Cameron, Irma Havlicek, Roger Hodgman, Suzanne Perkins and Nathan and special thanks to Colin Haycroft for the punctuation and to Meredith Hodgman for the ducks.
      ISBN: 0140102345
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Harmony Books ,       1988 .
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      Alternative title: Ducks
      Extent: 121p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      Note/s:

      • Dedication: This book is for Barbara. 

      ISBN: 0517573970
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Virago ,       1989 .
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      Extent: 121p.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: With thanks to Jane Cameron, Roger Hodgman and Nathan Jones. And with special thanks and love to Meredith Hodgman for telling me about the ducks.
      ISBN: 185381010X
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Anchor , 1997 .
      Extent: 198p.
      ISBN: 0868246808
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Terrible Lizards at Home on the Range Jane Sullivan , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 14 April 1990; (p. 8)
Angst is a Killer Jay Gummerman , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 10 December 1989; (p. 18)
— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
[Review] Broken Words Susan Hawthorne , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 116-117)
— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
Post-Feminism Diana Birch , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 19 January vol. 11 no. 1989; (p. 3-4)
— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
Angst Richard Johnstone , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February vol. 8 no. 12 1989; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
Body Language Melissa Hardie , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 49 no. 4 1989; (p. 654-660)
— Review of My Father's Moon Elizabeth Jolley , 1989 single work novel ; Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel ; Working Hot : A Novel Mary Fallon , 1989 single work novel
Harsh Landscapes of the Mind Christine Cremen , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 December 1988; (p. 7)
— Review of Ilias Jim Sakkas , 1988 single work novel ; Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
Hodgman's Return Elizabeth Riddell , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 December vol. 110 no. 5648 1988; (p. 129)
— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
Cutting Through Past and Present in a Savage Style Katharine England , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 December 1988; (p. 12)
— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
Angst Richard Johnstone , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February vol. 8 no. 12 1989; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Broken Words Helen Hodgman , 1988 single work novel
Terrible Lizards at Home on the Range Jane Sullivan , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 14 April 1990; (p. 8)
Foreword : This Award Takes the Biscuit-Ski Elizabeth Swanson , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 9-10 September 1989; (p. 7)
Novel Loss 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 September 1989; (p. 7)
Hodgman Wins State Literary Prize 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 September 1989; (p. 10)
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