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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Family Secrets
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'When patriarch Gerald Hawkins passes away in his Tasmanian home, after ten years of serious illness, his family experience a wave of grief and, admittedly, a surge of relief. Gerald's dominating personality has loomed large over his wife, Connie, their children, Andrew and Kerry, and his sister Flora, for decades.

'Connie, whose own dreams were dispensed with upon marriage, is now determined to renew her long friendship with Gerald's estranged sister, Flora. She travels to France where she finds Flora struggling to make peace with the past and searching for a place to call home. Meanwhile Andrew's marriage is crumbling, and Kerry is trapped in stasis by unfinished business with her father.

'As the family adjusts to life after Gerald, they could not be more splintered. But there are surprises in store and secrets to unravel. And once the loss has been absorbed, is it possible that they could all find a way to start afresh with forgiveness, understanding and possibility? ' (Publication summary)

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Fiction William Yeoman , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 August 2014; (p. 7)

— Review of Family Secrets Liz Byrski , 2014 single work novel
Picking a Potent Path for Renewal Amanda Ellis , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 July 2014; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Family Secrets Liz Byrski , 2014 single work novel
Discarding Age Stigma In Praise of Older Women and a New Lease of Life Karen Hardy , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 June 2014; (p. 26) The Sun-Herald , 29 June 2014; (p. 78)
Picking a Potent Path for Renewal Amanda Ellis , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 July 2014; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Family Secrets Liz Byrski , 2014 single work novel
Fiction William Yeoman , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 August 2014; (p. 7)

— Review of Family Secrets Liz Byrski , 2014 single work novel
Discarding Age Stigma In Praise of Older Women and a New Lease of Life Karen Hardy , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 June 2014; (p. 26) The Sun-Herald , 29 June 2014; (p. 78)
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