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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Golden Book
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'Jessie had said they should go at midnight. It's the gods' time, she said, narrowing her eyes dramatically. Anything could happen.'

'It's the 1980s, and Ali and her best friend, Jessie, are on the cusp. In the simmering heat of summer, in their small coastal town, they are starting to chafe at the restrictions put on them by their teachers, their parents, and each other. Then Jessie suffers a devastating accident, and both their lives are forever changed.

'When Ali is an adult, with a young daughter herself, the news of Jessie's death unlocks the memories of that summer, forcing her to reckon with her own role in what happened to Jessie so many years ago. As this stunning debut moves back and forth in time, and Ali's secrets are forced into the light, Kate Ryan asks profound questions about responsibility and blame, and, ultimately, about love.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: 'For Freya'
  • Epigraph:

    "A small chosen library is like a walled garden where a child may safely play." - Stories Old and New

  • Epigraph:

    "We are always looking for absolutes and not finding them." - Wildlife, Richard Ford

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 2021 .
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      Extent: 240p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 3rd August 2021
      ISBN: 9781922310088

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Works about this Work

Secrets and Broken Hearts : Three New Novels of Friendship Polly Simons , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 439 2022; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Golden Book Kate Ryan , 2021 single work novel ; The Beautiful Words Vanessa McCausland , 2021 single work novel ; The Wingmaker Mette Jakobsen , 2021 single work novel
Secrets and Broken Hearts : Three New Novels of Friendship Polly Simons , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 439 2022; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Golden Book Kate Ryan , 2021 single work novel ; The Beautiful Words Vanessa McCausland , 2021 single work novel ; The Wingmaker Mette Jakobsen , 2021 single work novel
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