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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Blackwater
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'A baby will never be born at Blackwater.

'There is much that heavily pregnant Grace still doesn’t know about her new husband King’s background. So, when word comes that King’s father is dying, Grace is eager to accompany him to his childhood home, Blackwater, located in a remote part of Tasmania.

'Things go badly from the start. The house is in terrible repair, King’s dying father yells at Grace to leave and King’s twin sister, Ruth, seems disturbed by Grace’s presence. After his father’s death, King convinces Grace they must stay and help Ruth settle the estate, but as time stretches on he grows strange and distant. When Grace learns about Blackwater’s dark history, she begins to fear that it is the house itself exerting an evil influence on her husband.

'Feeling increasingly isolated, and with the birth of her child looming, Grace knows she must uncover the secrets of Blackwater if she hopes to free her family from its grip.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Gothic fiction

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 May 2023
      ISBN: 9781922806789
Form: audiobook
    • Chatswood, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Wavesound , 2023 .
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      Extent: 7 hours and 18 minutesp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 June 2023
      ISBN: 9781004129164 (7 CDs), 9781004129171 (MP3 CD)

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Book Review : Blackwater, Jacqueline Ross Elena Perse , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , May 2023;

— Review of Blackwater Jacqueline Ross , 2023 single work novel

'A slow build Gothic debut has ties to historical Tasmania.'

Blackwater : Novel Review Stacey O’Carroll , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Other Terrain , October no. 12 2023;

— Review of Blackwater Jacqueline Ross , 2023 single work novel
Interview with Jacqueline Ross : A Childhood Home, Its History, and Its Influence on Our Existence Louise Sapphira (interviewer), 2023 single work interview
— Appears in: Other Terrain , October no. 12 2023;
It’s Only a Book … It’s Only a Book! Australian Horror Writers Confront the Fears of the Contemporary World Ali Alizadeh , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 31 October 2023;
Blackwater : Novel Review Stacey O’Carroll , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Other Terrain , October no. 12 2023;

— Review of Blackwater Jacqueline Ross , 2023 single work novel
Book Review : Blackwater, Jacqueline Ross Elena Perse , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , May 2023;

— Review of Blackwater Jacqueline Ross , 2023 single work novel

'A slow build Gothic debut has ties to historical Tasmania.'

It’s Only a Book … It’s Only a Book! Australian Horror Writers Confront the Fears of the Contemporary World Ali Alizadeh , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 31 October 2023;
Interview with Jacqueline Ross : A Childhood Home, Its History, and Its Influence on Our Existence Louise Sapphira (interviewer), 2023 single work interview
— Appears in: Other Terrain , October no. 12 2023;
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