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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 We Are Not Most People
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'Kurt Stocker's Swiss childhood is dominated by strict and god-fearing parents. He enters a seminary with the intent of becoming a priest and making his parents proud of him, but struggles to adapt. Leaving this vocation behind, he marries Liesl and they eventually emigrate to Australia.

'Decades later in small town Australia, Terry Riley feels drawn to convent life, despite her parent's objections. At the convent she is haunted by a strange sickness and knows in time that she must return to a more conventional life. It is then she begins a relationship with the now divorced Kurt, who was once her high school teacher.

'This is the story of an odd couple, of an older man and a younger woman in love with one another, but so damaged by their past lives that even a regular sexual relationship seems impossible. Beautiful in its frankness but disturbing in its examination of faith and human existence, this is a novel that is affectionate, haunting and ultimately unforgettable.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Yarraville, Footscray - Maribyrnong area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Transit Lounge , 2018 .
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      Extent: 256p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 2018.

      ISBN: 9781925760040

Works about this Work

A Review of ‘We Are Not Most People’ by Tracy Ryan Brooke Dunnell , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Editor's Desk - 2019 2019;

— Review of We Are Not Most People Tracy Ryan , 2018 single work novel
Review : We Are Not Most People by Tracy Ryan Liza Dezfouli , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2018;

— Review of We Are Not Most People Tracy Ryan , 2018 single work novel

'Tracy Ryan's understated story stays with you – We Are Not Most People is a cool sensitive portrayal of pain.'

Review : We Are Not Most People by Tracy Ryan Erich Mayer , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2018;

— Review of We Are Not Most People Tracy Ryan , 2018 single work novel

'This novel is an engrossing, sensitive and deeply moving love story about an older man and a younger woman.'

Tracy Ryan : We Are Not Most People SH , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 2-8 June 2018;

'Perth novelist and poet Tracy Ryan’s fifth novel, We Are Not Most People, is the story of two outsiders.'

Review : We Are Not Most People by Tracy Ryan Erich Mayer , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2018;

— Review of We Are Not Most People Tracy Ryan , 2018 single work novel

'This novel is an engrossing, sensitive and deeply moving love story about an older man and a younger woman.'

Review : We Are Not Most People by Tracy Ryan Liza Dezfouli , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2018;

— Review of We Are Not Most People Tracy Ryan , 2018 single work novel

'Tracy Ryan's understated story stays with you – We Are Not Most People is a cool sensitive portrayal of pain.'

A Review of ‘We Are Not Most People’ by Tracy Ryan Brooke Dunnell , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Editor's Desk - 2019 2019;

— Review of We Are Not Most People Tracy Ryan , 2018 single work novel
Tracy Ryan : We Are Not Most People SH , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 2-8 June 2018;

'Perth novelist and poet Tracy Ryan’s fifth novel, We Are Not Most People, is the story of two outsiders.'

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