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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
Works about this Work
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Intimate View of a Closed World
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 30-31)
— Review of My Life in a Pea Soup 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Mommie Mordant
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 66)
— Review of The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Motherly Shove
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 7 July 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 91 no. 8 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Blighted Childhoods
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of When We Remember They Call Us Liars 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography
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Blighted Childhoods
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of When We Remember They Call Us Liars 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 91 no. 8 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Motherly Shove
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 7 July 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Mommie Mordant
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 66)
— Review of The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography -
Intimate View of a Closed World
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 30-31)
— Review of My Life in a Pea Soup 2012 single work autobiography ; The Lost Woman 2012 single work autobiography
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Wellington,
Wellington (Region),
North Island,
cNew Zealand,cPacific Region,
- ca. 1960-1985
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