Rochelle Siemienowicz Rochelle Siemienowicz i(A70598 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Double Happiness Rochelle Siemienowicz , Rundle Mall/Rundle Street : MidnightSun , 2024 28551265 2024 single work novel

'One woman, two men. What if she doesn’t have to choose? Overcome with guilt about a love affair she can’t give up, Anna confesses to her husband, Brendan. He is shocked and devastated but makes the unusual decision to try to accept the lover, Jeremy, as part of their family.

'Told from three perspectives, Double Happiness is a story about sex, honesty and jealousy – and the challenges of forging a new kind of romance.

'Set in Melbourne over seven years, this lyrical contemporary love story explores the complexities of non- monogamy with humour and heart, asking what it’s like to love two, or more, people equally but differently. What is the effect of time on erotic love? And what happens when your new lover wants someone else too?'  (Publication summary)

1 The Tightrope Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2024 extract novel
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Autumn no. 6 2024;
1 Swimming with Sharks Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: The Big Issue , August no. 544 2017; (p. 19-21)
1 Australian Film Industry Boys Club Needs Redressing Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 22 November vol. 25 no. 23 2015; Eureka Street , 10 January 2016;
1 4 y separately published work icon Fallen : A Memoir Rochelle Siemienowicz , Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2015 8354982 2015 single work autobiography

'‘Call me Eve. It’s the name I call myself when I think back to that time when I was a young wife – so very young, so very hungry. I picked the fruit and ate and drank until I was drunk with freedom and covered in juice and guilt.’

'In this frank, compelling and beautifully written memoir, Rochelle Siemienowicz provides an intimate portrait of the last days of an open marriage.

Raised as devout Seventh-day Adventists, who believe that the end of the world is near and that premarital sex is a terrible sin, Eve and her husband marry young. Rebelling against their upbringing, and in an attempt to overcome problems in their relationship, they enter an agreement that has its own strict rules. But when Eve holidays alone in her hometown of Perth during a hot West Australian summer, she finds her body and heart floating free.

'Fallen is a true tale of sex, love, religion and getting married too young – and about what it feels like when you can’t keep the promises you once sincerely made.' (Publication summary)

1 Transnational Australian Cinema: Ethics in the Asian Diasporas by Olivia Khoo, Belinda Smaill, and Audrey Yue Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , March no. 70 2014;

— Review of Transnational Australian Cinema : Ethics in the Asian Diasporas Audrey Yue , Olivia Khoo , 2013 single work criticism
1 New Wave Rising : The Stunning Success of Indigenous Australian Film and Television Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , January no. 16 2014;

'When Deborah Mailman and Shari Sebbens, stars of the hit 2012 Australian film The Sapphires, made the statements above they were speaking breathlessly to the media after the 2nd Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA). Standing alongside golden-voiced songbird, Jessica Mauboy, Mailman and Sebbens were glowing with fierce pride, not just for The Sapphires' accomplishments - eleven AACTA Awards in total, along with critical success, standout local box office of A$15 million, and a global distribution deal with the Weinstein Company - but also for the nomination of ABC telemovie Mabo and the two awards won by acclaimed Indigenous ABC TV drama series, Redfern Now, which happened to be the first Australian drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians, and was watched by more than 700, 000 viewers.' (Publisher's summary)

1 Untitled Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 49)

— Review of Jake's Gigantic List Ken Spillman , 2009 single work children's fiction
1 [Review] Ruby Leonard and the Great Big Surprise Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of Ruby and Leonard and the Great Big Surprise Judith Rossell , 2009 single work picture book
1 [Review] The Gimlet Eye Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 88 no. 7 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of The Gimlet Eye James Roy , 2009 single work children's fiction
1 Untitled Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 20)

— Review of Big and Me David Miller , 2008 single work picture book
1 [Review] Ratwhiskers and Me Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 87 no. 9 2008; (p. 59)

— Review of Ratwhiskers and Me Lorraine Marwood , 2008 single work children's fiction
1 [Review] The Eleventh Sheep Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 87 no. 9 2008; (p. 57)

— Review of The Eleventh Sheep Kyle Mewburn , 2008 single work picture book
1 [Review] The Two-Hearted Numbat Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April/May vol. 87 no. 8 2008; (p. 22)

— Review of The Two-Hearted Numbat Ambelin Kwaymullina , Ezekiel Kwaymullina , 2008 single work picture book
1 Untitled Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 87 no. 6 2008; (p. 24)

— Review of Audrey of the Outback Christine Harris , 2008 single work children's fiction
1 Untitled Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 87 no. 6 2008; (p. 22)

— Review of Collecting Colour Kylie Dunstan , 2008 single work picture book
1 Untitled Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March vol. 82 no. 8 2003; (p. 33)

— Review of The Long, Sticky Walk Edel Wignell , 2003 single work children's fiction
1 Untitled Rochelle Siemienowicz , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , October vol. 82 no. 4 2002; (p. 13)

— Review of Oliver Twist Finds a Home Nigel Gray , 2002 single work picture book
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