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'Sydney, 1942. Pearl is eighteen, beautiful and impetuous. She plays saxophone in an all-girl jazz band at the Trocadero and occasionally sits in on underground gigs with her twin brother Martin, who also plays the sax. On one such evening black GI and jazz legend James Washington blows into her life, and nothing is ever the same again, especially not Pearl.

'A love story begins to unfold against the blacked-out nights and rumour-filled days of a city in the grip of war. But public events are closing in on Pearl's private world. When James is shipped out to fight in New Guinea, she hatches a breathtaking plan to reunite with him. And then all hell breaks loose.

'Moving, tender and audaciously original, Love in the Years of Lunacy is a love story with a haunting jazz soundtrack and a war story like no other.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication:
    For Louis

    And in memory of my parents, Gerry and Betty,
    whose many anecdotes and adventures inspired this story

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
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      Extent: 314p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314)
      • Publication date: May 2011.
      ISBN: 9781742373379 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Atria Books ,       2012 .
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      Extent: 336p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 6th November 2012.
      ISBN: 9781451678468 (pbk), 9781451678475 (ebk)
Alternative title: Bis ans Ende des Horizonts
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Blanvalet ,       2012 .
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      Extent: 382p.p.
      ISBN: 9783442380374, 3442380375
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From : Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2009 extract novel historical fiction
— Appears in: Extempore , May no. 2 2009; (p. 144-151)
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— Appears in: Heat , no. 24 (New Series) 2010; (p. 43-55) 'Love in the Years of Lunacy is a novel set in Sydney during World War Two. The protagonist is a teenage saxophonist, Pearl, who has just met an African-American GI, James Washington. James is a far more accomplished jazz saxophonist than she and, in the chapter published here, Pearl is preparing to go on her first date with him.' - Mandy Sayer.
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Book Review – Love in the Years of Lunacy by Mandy Sayer Joanne Peulen , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2012;
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
Mandy Sayer : Love in the Years of Lunacy Linda Funnell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , February 2012;
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
[Review] Love in the Years of Lunacy Heather Taylor Johnson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011;
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
War of Hearts and Minds Rebecca Starford , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 June 2011; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel ; The Voyagers : A Love Story Mardi McConnochie , 2011 single work novel
Insanity of Love and War Fran Metcalf , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 - 29 May 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
[Review] Love in the Years of Lunacy Eloise Keating , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 90 no. 7 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
Two Star-Crossed Lovers Find Sweet Sax in the City Liam Davison , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 April - 1 May 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
Sugar-Coated Gillian Dooley , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 331 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
Love and War in Jazz Liaison Sara Dowse , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 May 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
Romance Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 May 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Love in the Years of Lunacy Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work novel
It's a Date at Last, but Decorum Can't Make It Mandy Sayer , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 May 2011; (p. 19)
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  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1942
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