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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Fence
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'Gwen Hill has lived on Green Valley Avenue all her adult life. Here she brought her babies home, nurtured her garden and shared life's ups and downs with her best friend and neighbour, Babs. So when Babs dies and the house next door is sold, Gwen wonders how the new family will fit settle into the quiet life of this cosy community.'

'Francesca Desmarchelliers has high hopes for the house on Green Valley Avenue. More than just a new home, it's a clean slate for Frankie, who has moved her brood from Sydney's inner city to the leafy north shore street in a bid to save her marriage and keep her rambunctious family together.'

'To maintain her privacy and corral her wandering children, Frankie proposes a fence between their properties, destroying Gwen's lovingly cultivated front garden.'

'To Gwen, this as an act of war.'

'Soon the neighbours are in an escalating battle that becomes about more than just council approvals, and boundaries aren't the only things at stake.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 368p.
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      • Published 30 August 2016

        Kindle edition

      ISBN: 9781743540152, 1743540159

Works about this Work

First Draft to Final Pages Meredith Jaffé , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 48 no. 2 2016; (p. 24-27)
'Meredith Jaffe explains what she learnt during the editing process of her debut novel, The Fence...'
Small Worlds, Big Issues Andrew McMillen , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 October 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of Goodwood Holly Throsby , 2016 single work novel ; The Fence Meredith Jaffé , 2016 single work single work novel
The Fence Review : Meredith Jaffe's Story of Squabbling Neighbours Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 23 September 2016;

— Review of The Fence Meredith Jaffé , 2016 single work single work novel
'When the Desmarchelliers family moves in next door to an elderly couple who have lived in the street for many years, some violent clashes of temperament and personality ensue, especially over a new fence between the properties. ...'
The Fence Review : Meredith Jaffe's Story of Squabbling Neighbours Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 23 September 2016;

— Review of The Fence Meredith Jaffé , 2016 single work single work novel
'When the Desmarchelliers family moves in next door to an elderly couple who have lived in the street for many years, some violent clashes of temperament and personality ensue, especially over a new fence between the properties. ...'
Small Worlds, Big Issues Andrew McMillen , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 October 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of Goodwood Holly Throsby , 2016 single work novel ; The Fence Meredith Jaffé , 2016 single work single work novel
First Draft to Final Pages Meredith Jaffé , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 48 no. 2 2016; (p. 24-27)
'Meredith Jaffe explains what she learnt during the editing process of her debut novel, The Fence...'
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