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Molly and Finn are passionate friends and have been for over twenty years. They write to each other about lovers, risotto, mothering, and the many pleasures of the body. They write feisty letters gossiping outrageously, arguing fiercely, exchanging present intimacies and past secrets. Finn, at Molly's insistence, tells of her past love affairs in delicious detail. But there is one story that Finn cannot bear to tell. That is, until outside events force this secret from her. There are contradictions and difficulties within this friendship, yet it survives. It billows out as tough, beautiful and necessary as parachute silk to a pair of skydivers. Publisher blurb.
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Includes previously published works by the author and other writers as noted in the acknowledgments on pages 208-209.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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[Review] Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 73 2002; (p. 185-186) JAS Review of Books , August no. 8 2002;
— Review of Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel -
Women and Friendship : Following a New Recipe
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 8 2002; (p. 109)
— Review of Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel -
Mars Bars and Ecstasy
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 167 2002; (p. 108-110)
— Review of All That False Instruction : A Novel of Lesbian Love 1975 single work novel ; Machines for Feeling 2001 single work novel ; Room Temperature 2001 single work novel ; Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel ; After Cynthia 2001 single work novel ; Fish Lips 2001 single work novel -
An Epistolary Novel
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 236 2001; (p. 32)
— Review of Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel
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[Review] Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 73 2002; (p. 185-186) JAS Review of Books , August no. 8 2002;
— Review of Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel -
An Epistolary Novel
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 236 2001; (p. 32)
— Review of Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel -
Mars Bars and Ecstasy
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 167 2002; (p. 108-110)
— Review of All That False Instruction : A Novel of Lesbian Love 1975 single work novel ; Machines for Feeling 2001 single work novel ; Room Temperature 2001 single work novel ; Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel ; After Cynthia 2001 single work novel ; Fish Lips 2001 single work novel -
Women and Friendship : Following a New Recipe
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 8 2002; (p. 109)
— Review of Parachute Silk : Friends, Food, Passion : A Novel in Letters 2001 single work novel
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