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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Whole Life : An Autobiography
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Morris Lurie's frank, amusing and at times brutal memories of his childhood dominated by his mother, his father and his grandfather. The author emerges as a man who understands how he has been shaped by his family and his upbringing. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)

Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Kids are in a state of grace.' (Francois Truffaut: 1932-84).

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1987 .
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      Extent: 214p.
      Description: illus., port.
      ISBN: 0869140337
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1990 .
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      Extent: 214p.
      ISBN: 0140130500 (pbk)
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Remembering Transcultural Childhoods : Morris Lurie and Judah Waten Mary Besemeres , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 33-45)
Re-Reading Australia: Morris Lurie's and Susan Varga's Forgotten (Hi)stories Luisa Percopo , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Textus : English Studies in Italy , May vol. 20 no. 2 2007; (p. 389-406)
y separately published work icon Shameful Autobiographies : Shame in Contemporary Australian Autobiographies and Culture Rosamund Dalziell , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1999 Z482284 1999 single work criticism biography
Dwelling Within: Identity and Home in Contemporary Australian Autobiography Tim Bowers , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Land and Identity : Proceedings of the 1997 Conference Held at The University of New England Armidale New South Wales 27-30 September 1997 1998; (p. 216-219)
Those Harder Bones John Irving , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bystander , no. 3 1995; (p. 83)
Morris Lurie's Whole Life : Fact or Fiction Peter O'Connor , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Fine Line , September no. 2 1987; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Whole Life : An Autobiography Morris Lurie , 1987 single work autobiography
A Searing Mixture of Love and Hatred Peter Dean , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 June 1987;
— Review of Whole Life : An Autobiography Morris Lurie , 1987 single work autobiography
Childhood: the Psychiatric Case Record of Morris Lurie Anthony Clare , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 May 1987; (p. 48)
— Review of Whole Life : An Autobiography Morris Lurie , 1987 single work autobiography
Half Lives : Two Jewish Boys Don Anderson , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , November vol. 7 no. 7 1987; (p. 3-4)
— Review of Whole Life : An Autobiography Morris Lurie , 1987 single work autobiography
Howl Serge Liberman , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 94-96)
— Review of Whole Life : An Autobiography Morris Lurie , 1987 single work autobiography
Autobiography and the Jewish Migrant Experience : Morris Lurie John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 147-152)
Re-Reading Australia: Morris Lurie's and Susan Varga's Forgotten (Hi)stories Luisa Percopo , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Textus : English Studies in Italy , May vol. 20 no. 2 2007; (p. 389-406)
Remembering Transcultural Childhoods : Morris Lurie and Judah Waten Mary Besemeres , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Made : A Multicultural Reader 2010; (p. 33-45)
Dwelling Within: Identity and Home in Contemporary Australian Autobiography Tim Bowers , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Land and Identity : Proceedings of the 1997 Conference Held at The University of New England Armidale New South Wales 27-30 September 1997 1998; (p. 216-219)
Those Harder Bones John Irving , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bystander , no. 3 1995; (p. 83)
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