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'Bernie, a divorced mother of three, lives in a converted shed - albeit with a great view - in Byron Bay. She works part-time as a journalist for the local paper. Bernie has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband and strong female friendships. Her life is steady, normal, and recognisable. While writing her first novel, she gets in contact with an old friend from university. Jack is married, has two children, and has never forgotten Bernie. A tortuous, intimate, passionate - yet frustratingly sexless - affair follows, fuelled by the exchange of hundreds of confessional text messages and emails. Jack's inability to be physically available to support Bernie becomes clear when her father dies and she is threatened by her neighbour. When Jack ends their relationship, Bernie is emotionally destroyed and wracked with guilt. She seeks solace in a string of increasingly dangerous and twisted sexual encounters. What begins as an innocent search for validation on internet dating sites leads - frighteningly quickly - to sexting, pornography, brief liaisons in seedy motels, group sex, and swingers' parties. She hides her new lifestyle from her family and friends and retreats into nameless, addictive sex.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Large print.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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On Love in the Rough
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16-17 March 2013; (p. 20) -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 February 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel -
Between the Lines
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 February 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel -
Sparks Fly and Everything Burns
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 17 February 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel -
Susanna Freymark : Losing February
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2013;
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel
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Sparks Fly and Everything Burns
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 17 February 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel -
Between the Lines
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 February 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 February 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel -
New Australian Fiction
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 June 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel ; Mullumbimby 2013 single work novel ; Bay of Fires 2013 single work novel ; Konkretion 2013 single work novella -
Susanna Freymark : Losing February
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2013;
— Review of Losing February 2013 single work novel -
On Love in the Rough
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16-17 March 2013; (p. 20)
Last amended 20 Feb 2020 10:08:25
Settings:
- Byron Bay, Byron Bay - Broken Head area, Far North Coast, New South Wales,
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