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'Elizabeth has fallen in love in her early adulthood, but with a lack of conviction and disturbing results. A little damaged, in her late twenties she embarks on a new affair with Ross, a fellow academic at her university. Their relationship blooms and offers her protection and security, for which she's been searching since she stopped being a child. She moves into his big, old, rambling family home by the Parramatta River and becomes pregnant.
'Then Ross's father, who deserted the family as a child and for whom Ross only seems to feel hatred and bitterness, resurfaces. He is living in Spain, but he is dying. Elizabeth persuades Ross that the family should make a journey to see him, to make peace with him and to show him Anna - their new daughter.
'But their holiday lays bare discomfitting truths and frailties, both in their relationship and each other. Bennett Daylight unfolds Ross and Elizabeth's love affair, and the joy and pain of motherhood, with wonderful sensitivity in a captivating story written in her characteristically spare, limpid prose.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For Russell.
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Featured by the BIG Book Club, an initiative supported by The Advertiser in partnership with Arts SA, The Australia Council for the Arts, Channel 7, FIVEAA and the state's public libraries to promote a love of reading, discussion and literature, Jaune 2006.
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Thanks , but No Thanks
2007
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— Appears in: SundayLife , 2 December 2007; (p. 23-31) -
[Review] Safety
2006
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— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 14 - 27 July no. 296 2006; (p. 18)
— Review of Safety 2006 single work novel -
Nation's Best Authors are Now Online
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2006; (p. 13)Some of Australia's prominent authors will feature in podcasts on The Advertiser's Adelaide Now website from Monday 21 August 2006.
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Disparate Housewives
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 June 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Cleanskin 2006 single work novel ; Safety 2006 single work novel -
Daylight Savings
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 June 2006; (p. 11)
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Life's Not Fair, but You'll Enjoy the Ride
2006
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 February 2006; (p. 13)
— Review of Safety 2006 single work novel -
Australian Fiction
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 March vol. 124 no. 6510 2006; (p. 69)
— Review of Safety 2006 single work novel -
What's Romance Got to Do with It?
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Age , 11 March 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Safety 2006 single work novel -
The Fear of Living Dangerously
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 April 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Safety 2006 single work novel -
[Review] Safety
2006
single work
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 85 no. 8 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of Safety 2006 single work novel -
Must for First Time Mums
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 June 2006; (p. 21) Big book Club selection for June 2006 -
Exploring Love's Imperfections
2006
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 June 2006; (p. 75) -
Daylight Savings
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 June 2006; (p. 11) -
Nation's Best Authors are Now Online
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2006; (p. 13)Some of Australia's prominent authors will feature in podcasts on The Advertiser's Adelaide Now website from Monday 21 August 2006.
The web address is NEWS.com.au/adelaidenow -
Thanks , but No Thanks
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: SundayLife , 2 December 2007; (p. 23-31)
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