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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Jean Harley Was Here
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'Jean Harley – wife, mother, lover, dancer – is a shining light in the lives of those who know and love her. But when tragedy strikes, what becomes of the people she leaves behind? Her devoted husband, Stan, is now a single father to their young son, Orion. Her best friends, Neddy and Viv, find their relationship unravelling at the seams. And Charley, the ex-con who caused it all, struggles to reconcile his past crimes with his present mistakes. Life without Jean will take some getting used to, but her indelible imprint remains.

'Jean Harley Was Here is a touching and original exploration of love, relationships, and the ways in which we need each other.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication:

    To Deb Martin

    Your death cut our friendship short

    and yet our friendship still endures.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,: University of Queensland Press , 2017 .
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      Extent: 242p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27th February 2017
      ISBN: 9780702258893, 9780702258909, 9780702258916
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Works about this Work

Star-Crossed Lovers Susan Coll , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times , 21 October 2018; (p. 20)
— Review of Jean Harley Was Here Heather Taylor Johnson , 2017 single work novel
Jean Harley Was Here by Heather Taylor Johnson Erich Mayer , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2017;
— Review of Jean Harley Was Here Heather Taylor Johnson , 2017 single work novel

'This book opens with a moving and subtle account of an accident.'
form y separately published work icon The Book Club [16 May 2017] Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2017 15261737 2017 film/TV

Host Jennifer Byrne joins regular panelists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, and guests Adam Liaw and Di Morrissey to discuss and review the international book The Group and Australian novel, Jean Harley Was Here by Hather Taylor Johnson.
'Jean Harley Was Here' by Heather Taylor Johnson Anna Spargo-Ryan , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 391 2017; 'There is much to like about a well-executed set of short stories, and this is true of Jean Harley Was Here. While the book presents itself as a novel, it has more in common with Elizabeth Strout’s multi-narrator linked collection Olive Kitteridge (2008). This structural choice gives Heather Taylor Johnson enormous opportunity to explore the many aspects of grief.' (Introduction)
Jean Harley Was Here by Heather Taylor Johnson Erich Mayer , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2017;
— Review of Jean Harley Was Here Heather Taylor Johnson , 2017 single work novel

'This book opens with a moving and subtle account of an accident.'
Star-Crossed Lovers Susan Coll , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times , 21 October 2018; (p. 20)
— Review of Jean Harley Was Here Heather Taylor Johnson , 2017 single work novel
'Jean Harley Was Here' by Heather Taylor Johnson Anna Spargo-Ryan , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 391 2017; 'There is much to like about a well-executed set of short stories, and this is true of Jean Harley Was Here. While the book presents itself as a novel, it has more in common with Elizabeth Strout’s multi-narrator linked collection Olive Kitteridge (2008). This structural choice gives Heather Taylor Johnson enormous opportunity to explore the many aspects of grief.' (Introduction)
form y separately published work icon The Book Club [16 May 2017] Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2017 15261737 2017 film/TV

Host Jennifer Byrne joins regular panelists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, and guests Adam Liaw and Di Morrissey to discuss and review the international book The Group and Australian novel, Jean Harley Was Here by Hather Taylor Johnson.
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