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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Lost Woman
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'When Sydney Smith was nine, she thought about killing herself because of her mother's cruelty.

'When she reached puberty, her mother sexually assaulted her—a pattern repeated over the years.

'By the time Sydney was twenty, she believed there were cameras behind every mirror in the house, that her mother could read her mind, that anybody who looked at her could see the bloody fantasies of murder and mutilation which tormented her.

'How to escape? How to survive?

'Enthralling and disturbing, brave and elegantly written, The Lost Woman is that rare memoir: a story which, once read, will never be forgotten.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2012 .
      Extent: 280p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 23 May 2012.
      ISBN: 9781921922480 (pbk.), 9781921921384 (ebk.)

Works about this Work

Intimate View of a Closed World Christopher Bantick , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 30-31)

— Review of My Life in a Pea Soup Lisa Nops , 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Mommie Mordant Carmel Bird , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 66)

— Review of The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Motherly Shove Michael McGirr , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 7 July 2012; (p. 31)

— Review of The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Untitled Sue Bond , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 91 no. 8 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Blighted Childhoods Sara Dowse , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of When We Remember They Call Us Liars Suzanne Covich , 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Blighted Childhoods Sara Dowse , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of When We Remember They Call Us Liars Suzanne Covich , 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Untitled Sue Bond , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 91 no. 8 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Motherly Shove Michael McGirr , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 7 July 2012; (p. 31)

— Review of The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Mommie Mordant Carmel Bird , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 66)

— Review of The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
Intimate View of a Closed World Christopher Bantick , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 30-31)

— Review of My Life in a Pea Soup Lisa Nops , 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman Sydney Smith , 2012 single work autobiography
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  • ca. 1960-1985
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