Tess Evans Tess Evans i(A117465 works by)
Gender: Female
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Tess Evans worked for many years in the TAFE system, as a teacher and manager. During her time at TAFE she taught and counselled a wide range of people: youth at risk, migrants, indigenous trainees, apprentices, sole parents and unemployed workers of all ages and from all professions. She has drawn upon this experience in her writing.

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y separately published work icon Book of Lost Threads Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 Z1696213 2010 single work novel

'Moss has run away from Melbourne to Opportunity on the trail of a man she knows only by name. But her arrival sets in train events that disturb the long-held secrets of three of the town's inhabitants: Finn, a brilliant mathematician, who has become a recluse; Lily Pargetter, eighty-three-year-old knitter of tea cosies; and Sandy, the town buffoon, who dreams of a Great Galah.

'It is only as Moss, Finn, Lily and Sandy develop unlikely friendships that they find a way to lay their sorrows to rest and knit together the threads that will restore them to life.' (From the publisher's website.)
2012 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2011 shortlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
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