Born: Established: 1964
c
Denmark,c
Scandinavia,
Western Europe,
Europe,
;
Gender:
Female
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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The Vanishing Act
Melbourne
:
Text Publishing
,
2011
Z1769970
2011
single work
novel
'This is a story about a snow-covered island you won't find on any map.
'It's Minou's story. She's twelve. A year ago, the morning after the circus, her mama walked out into the rain with a black umbrella and never came back.
'It's a story about a magician and a priest and a dog called No Name. It's about Papa's endless hunt for the truth. It's about a dead boy who listens, and Minou's search for Mama's voice.
'And it's about discovering what love is.' (From the publisher's website.)
- 2012 shortlisted Commonwealth Book Prize
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