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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 We Were Never Friends
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'Lotti Coates lives in the shadow of a genius: her father George is a brilliant and celebrated Australian painter.

'When Lotti meets the outcast waif Kyla at a suburban Canberra school, two worlds are set to collide. Slowly Kyla is drawn into the orbit of the Coates family. Or is it the other way around?

'As Lotti and Kyla navigate their way towards adulthood, dark secrets start to unravel, with devastating consequences …

'We Were Never Friends is a story of friendship, the pursuit of a creative life and the legacies we leave behind.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books , 2020 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 2020.
      ISBN: 9781922267146 (ebk), 9781922267139 (pbk)
    • Lidcombe, Auburn - Homebush area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Booktopia Editions , 2022 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      Edition info: Booktopia Book Club
      Note/s:
      • Published 18th January 2022
      ISBN: 9781922598882

Works about this Work

Muses and Acolytes : A Nuanced Look at Art and Friendship Mindy Gill , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 424 2020; (p. 34)

— Review of We Were Never Friends Margaret Bearman , 2020 single work novel

'Margaret Bearman’s We Were Never Friends is a novel that places the myth of the artistic male genius against the critical eye of history. Lotti, the eldest daughter of renowned Australian painter George Coates, narrates from two perspectives: her younger, twelve-year-old self and her present-day one, a trainee surgeon.' (Introduction)

Quarantine Q&A : Margaret Bearman 2020 2020 single work interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;
Muses and Acolytes : A Nuanced Look at Art and Friendship Mindy Gill , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 424 2020; (p. 34)

— Review of We Were Never Friends Margaret Bearman , 2020 single work novel

'Margaret Bearman’s We Were Never Friends is a novel that places the myth of the artistic male genius against the critical eye of history. Lotti, the eldest daughter of renowned Australian painter George Coates, narrates from two perspectives: her younger, twelve-year-old self and her present-day one, a trainee surgeon.' (Introduction)

Quarantine Q&A : Margaret Bearman 2020 2020 single work interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-;
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