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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 All I Know
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'Starting with a colourful childhood in Collingwood and Doncaster, under the shadow of her father's mortality, and ending in sunny Bondi, supported by a tight circle of girlfriends who got her through a death even more painful, Mary Coustas takes us on a journey through three deaths that changed her life forever.

'In a voice rich with big-hearted generosity and quick-witted humour, she shares with us the heartbreak, tears and gifts, and the life lessons she hopes can save us from giving in to grief, or denying a full life because of it. Anyone who has followed Mary's career in film and as the popular in-your-face TV and stage character Effie, may be shocked to learn of the trials she was going through at the time. But they won't be surprised by the love she gives out to all, and receives in return, from family and friends.

'By giving us an intimate view of her experiences including meeting George, the love of her life, and their journey to parenthood we also see the universal truth that in life there's loss and, amongst the pain and tragedy of that, there is the power of hope and humour. Mary's story of the deaths of her father, her grandmother and her daughter Stevie is at times heartbreaking but, ultimately, All I Know is an enriching and uplifting celebration of life. ' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2013 .
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      Extent: 216p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 July 2013
      ISBN: 9781743315651

Works about this Work

Hail Mary Kate Holden , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21 November 2015;
Coustas Shares What She Knows Daisy Dumas , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 July 2013; (p. 20)
[Untitled] Steven Carroll , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 July 2013; (p. 33)

— Review of All I Know Mary Coustas , 2013 single work autobiography
[Untitled] Steven Carroll , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 July 2013; (p. 33)

— Review of All I Know Mary Coustas , 2013 single work autobiography
Coustas Shares What She Knows Daisy Dumas , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 July 2013; (p. 20)
Hail Mary Kate Holden , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21 November 2015;
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