Corrie Hosking Corrie Hosking i(A58166 works by) (a.k.a. Corinna Hosking)
Born: Established: 1973 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Splendour on the Grass Corrie Hosking , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 March 2008; (p. 2-3)
1 4 y separately published work icon Eating Lolly Corrie Hosking , Pymble : Fourth Estate , 2008 Z1452568 2008 single work novel

'Eighteen-year-old Mumma is pregnant and abandoned on a remote island by her respectable family. Her only company is a neighbour, a youth she calls Mister who brings offerings of fresh fish, and her only consolation is feeding her beautiful daughter Lolly on the recipes her mother taught her.


'Yet in her isolation, Mumma spins a haven of light and warmth that beckons Mister (a boy who knows all about abandonment, his mother having run off years before) and allows the two of them to forge an unlikely affection. It also allows Mumma's child, Lolly, to grow unaware of the dark secrets surrounding her ...

'Yet Mumma cannot protect Lolly from the world forever. At school there are plenty of people willing to point out to Lolly how eccentric her family is, and that Mister is not her real father. It's a subject she cannot broach with her mother, any more than she can talk about the way her baby sister died at birth, and how she has always felt responsible.

'Eventually, Lolly's distress manifests in a desperate effort to exert control in the only way she can - by controlling her own body.

'This richly textured novel weaves the pleasures of cooking and the freedom of daydreams into a story of a young woman's fierce resilience, rending vulnerability, and unexpected love.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 [Review] Death of a Whaler Corrie Hosking , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 62)

— Review of Death of a Whaler Nerida Newton , 2006 single work novel
1 10 y separately published work icon Ash Rain Black Dream Corrie Hosking , Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2004 Z1101663 2004 single work novel

'A bushfire in Dell's childhood still haunts her. She dreams up new starts, but her spilling stories cannot over-write the past.

'Evvie dances into Dell's life. She has run as far as she can from her family, but the ocean keeps calling her back.

'Evvie's daughter, Luce, is most at home in the company of creatures. All she wants is her collection of bugs and a guinea pig for Christmas.

'Dell meets Patrick in the pub, but he's going back to Scotland. Her life finally rupturing, Dell follows. She leaves a hole that Evvie and Luce struggle to fill. They must find each other again, without Dell. And Dell must discover how love works half a world away.

'Ash Rain explores the corners and crevices where love can grow in unexpected ways.' (Synopsis)

1 Plum Passion Corrie Hosking , 2002 single work prose
— Appears in: Forked Tongues : A Delicious Anthology of Poetry and Prose 2002; (p. 7-8)
1 Tidelines Corrie Hosking , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Forked Tongues : A Delicious Anthology of Poetry and Prose 2002; (p. 104-113)
1 The Last Bite Corrie Hosking , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Iron Lace : An Anthology of Writing by Students from the 1997 Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing, the University of Adelaide 1998; (p. 76)
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