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'On a rundown station in the remote top end of Australia, life for Susannah is isolated and difficult. Susannah is left alone by her husband who is the manager of the station. She is forced to cope with their young twins, the hard physical work of running the homestead, and the frustration that these things now mark the boundaries of her life. Nothing is as she expected it to be; a dark history seeps through the land and the air shimmers with heat and an intangible menace. And then a young English girl, Laura, hired by her husband, arrives on the property to work as a jillaroo. Laura falls in love with Texas, the Aboriginal head stockman, naively believing that her love will pull him out of long-held destructive habits. And Susannah, preoccupied by her own struggles, watches from the sidelines.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Jamie and Robert.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Coming Out of Her Skin
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 February 2009; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel -
Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 July 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel -
Visceral Writing
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 302 2008; (p. 27)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel -
In the Land of Love
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 May 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel ; The Stranding 2008 single work novel -
A Bridge Still Too Hard to Cross
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 May 2008; (p. 13)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel
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[Review] Texas : An Australian Love Story
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 87 no. 7 2008; (p. 38)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel -
Characters Remain Outback Ghosts
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel -
Into the Breach
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 - 11 May 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel -
A Bridge Still Too Hard to Cross
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 May 2008; (p. 13)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel -
In the Land of Love
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 May 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of Texas : An Australian Love Story 2008 single work novel ; The Stranding 2008 single work novel
Awards
- 2009 highly commended Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction
Last amended 30 Jul 2021 09:48:37
Settings:
- Western Australia,
- 1980s
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