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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Waiting for Matindi
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'Recovering from an operation in the Australian countryside and Bondi Beach, the wry, ever-observant narrator of Helen Hodgman's beautifully written new novel waits as life washes over her like waves on the sand. Sensing that her lover is pulling away, yet feeling powerless in the face of this imminent loss, she is a woman in search of something that will define her life. Then, into her slowly shattering world comes the promise of change, or at the very least, distraction, with the imminent arrival of Matindi from Kenya. Beautiful, mysterious Matindi. The friend of a friend with an exotic past who becomes a human talisman, the intoxicating allure of expectation--or is she? Somewhere between truth and fiction, laughter and tears, wait the realities that will forever alter this tiny community of friends and lovers.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1998 .
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      Extent: 191p.
      ISBN: 1864488093 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Ballantine Books ,
      1999 .
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      Extent: 164p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      ISBN: 0345417747 (alk. paper)

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

The Bigger Picture Susan Hawthorne , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 206 1998; (p. 30-31)

— Review of Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel
Wrong Side of the Bondi Tracks Tegan Bennett Daylight , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 October 1998; (p. 9)

— Review of Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel
Women on the Verge Michael Sharkey , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 1998; (p. 12)

— Review of Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel ; Stella's Place Jim Sakkas , 1998 single work novel
A Skin of Tragedy Geoffrey Dutton , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 September 1998; (p. 7)

— Review of The Spotted Skin Rowena Ivers , 1998 single work novel ; Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel ; Shark Song Carolin Window , 1998 single work novel
A Skin of Tragedy Geoffrey Dutton , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 September 1998; (p. 7)

— Review of The Spotted Skin Rowena Ivers , 1998 single work novel ; Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel ; Shark Song Carolin Window , 1998 single work novel
Women on the Verge Michael Sharkey , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 1998; (p. 12)

— Review of Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel ; Stella's Place Jim Sakkas , 1998 single work novel
Wrong Side of the Bondi Tracks Tegan Bennett Daylight , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 October 1998; (p. 9)

— Review of Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel
The Bigger Picture Susan Hawthorne , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 206 1998; (p. 30-31)

— Review of Waiting for Matindi Helen Hodgman , 1998 single work novel
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