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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 This Picture of You
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'Martin and Maggie have been together for thirty-seven years. He is a judge and she is a painter. They have a high-flying lawyer son and a much loved grandson. Life is good, comfortable, familiar.

'But one day Martin leaves a family lunch and takes his son's car, driving to a suburb miles away, where he has an accident. No one knows why he was there, not even Martin himself, whose mind starts unravelling. It's clear to Maggie that something from Martin's past is troubling him greatly, and she resolves to find out what it was that drew him there, to that particular street.

'As Maggie attempts to piece together the events of that day, Martin takes refuge in what he can remember, regaling his son with his now-vivid memories of one night in New York more than forty years ago, the night he and Maggie met. As Martin's mind spirals inward, the fabric that has been holding his lifetime of secrets at bay gradually starts to tear, and in the process we also see that the son keeps very similar secrets to his father's. Nothing is what it seems in this searing story of love and betrayal, and a family coming apart at the seams.

'This Picture of You is urgent, gripping, insightful and intoxicating, an unforgettable journey into the heart of a family and the secrets that threaten to tear it apart.' (Publication summary)

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 , 2014 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2014
      ISBN: 9781743319406
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2014 .
      image of person or book cover 1772895145916735295.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st September 2014
      ISBN: 9781743319406

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Review : This Picture of You Kerri Harris , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2014; (p. 42)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel
Well Read Margot Lloyd , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 September 2014; (p. 27)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel ; Mothers and Daughters Kylie Ladd , 2014 single work novel
Astutely Judged Exploration of an Unrealiable Mind Louise Swinn , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2014; (p. 20-21)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel
Putting Modern Australia Under the Microscope Jennifer Levasseur , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 September 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel
Putting Modern Australia Under the Microscope Jennifer Levasseur , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 September 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel
Astutely Judged Exploration of an Unrealiable Mind Louise Swinn , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2014; (p. 20-21)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel
Well Read Margot Lloyd , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 September 2014; (p. 27)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel ; Mothers and Daughters Kylie Ladd , 2014 single work novel
Review : This Picture of You Kerri Harris , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2014; (p. 42)

— Review of This Picture of You Sarah Hopkins , 2014 single work novel
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