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'It is 1957 and, after the death of her husband, pianist Ilona Talivaldis and her nine-year-old daughter Zidra travel to the remote coastal town of Jingera in New South Wales. Ilona, a concentration camp survivor from Latvia, is searching for peace and an opportunity to start anew. In her beautiful vine-covered cottage on the edge of the lagoon, she plans to set herself up as a piano teacher.
The weeks pass, and slowly mother and daughter get to know the townsfolk - including kind-hearted butcher George Cadwallader who is forever gazing at the stars; his son Jim, a boy wise beyond his years; Peter Vincent, a former wartime pilot and POW; and Cherry Bates, the publican's wife who is about to make a horrifying discovery...
For Jingera is not quite the utopia Ilona imagines it to be - and at risk is the one thing Ilona holds dear... ' (Publisher's website.)
Notes
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Launched at the Australian National University Co-Op Bookshop Thursday 17 December 2009.
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Dedication: To my family.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print. (French)
Works about this Work
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Staying on the Surface of Things
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 319 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel -
Alter Egos
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: ANU Reporter , Autumn vol. 45 no. 1 2010; (p. 33) -
Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1-2 January 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel -
Seaside Sojourn
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 3 January 2010; (p. 15)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel -
Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 Jan 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel
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Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 Jan 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel -
Seaside Sojourn
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 3 January 2010; (p. 15)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel -
Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1-2 January 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel -
Staying on the Surface of Things
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 319 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Stillwater Creek 2010 single work novel -
Still Waters Run Deep
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 December 2009; (p. 8-9) -
Alter Egos
2010
single work
interview
— Appears in: ANU Reporter , Autumn vol. 45 no. 1 2010; (p. 33)
Awards
- 2011 highly commended Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award
- Country towns,
- South Coast, New South Wales,
- 1950s
