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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The White Star
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'When Allie Baxter moves to Australia from London she feels compelled to seek out her childhood friend Jessie. After a quarter of a century, much has changed. Allie, a journalist, is trapped in an unsatisfying marriage. Jessie has reinvented herself as the magnetic Belle Cullen, her life dedicated to her thriving cosmetics empire and a private life veiled in secrecy.

'But how much has really changed? Behind Jessie’s glamour and Allie’s precarious control, two little girls are still playing out dangerous games. As Allie probes further into her friend’s hidden life, she discovers a dark world that forces her to the brink of a fateful choice.

'The White Star is an engrossing story about the unraveling of damaged lives and the sinister face of charisma. "Beauty is soul deep" is Jessie’s mantra. But childhood fears can run even deeper.'

Source: Author's blurb.

Notes

  • Epigraph: Lines from Scene I of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2000 .
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      Extent: 309p.
      ISBN: 0140291016

Works about this Work

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— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 102-105)

— Review of Lines in the Sand Anne Deveson , 2000 single work novel ; The Rain Queen Katherine Scholes , 2000 single work novel ; Liv : A Novel Morgan Yasbincek , 2000 single work novel ; Love and Vertigo Hsu-Ming Teo , 2000 single work novel ; The Australian Fiance Simone Lazaroo , 2000 single work novel ; Family Album : A Novel of Secrets and Memories Margaret Scott , 2000 single work novel ; White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories Merlinda Bobis , 1999 selected work short story ; The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel ; The Architect Jillian Watkinson , 2000 single work novel ; Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography ; Full Circle Helen Townsend , 2000 single work novel ; Vigil Nadia Wheatley , 2000 single work novel ; The Secret : The Strange Marriage of Annabella Milbanke and Lord Byron Ashley Hay , 2000 single work biography ; Reefscape : Reflections on the Great Barrier Reef Rosaleen Love , 2000 single work prose
Cloistered Community Peter Pierce , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 223 2000; (p. 41-42)

— Review of The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel
Writing That's Stronger Than the Plot Lesley Beasley , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 September 2000; (p. 16)

— Review of The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel
Wolf in Designer Sheep's Clothing Diana Simmonds , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 August 2000; (p. 12)

— Review of Pants on Fire Maggie Alderson , 2000 single work novel ; The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel
Conjuring Up Mysteries and Underworlds Peter Rose , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 August 2000; (p. 9)

— Review of The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel ; The Arch-Traitor's Lament Garry Satherley , 2000 single work novel
Conjuring Up Mysteries and Underworlds Peter Rose , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 August 2000; (p. 9)

— Review of The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel ; The Arch-Traitor's Lament Garry Satherley , 2000 single work novel
Wolf in Designer Sheep's Clothing Diana Simmonds , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 August 2000; (p. 12)

— Review of Pants on Fire Maggie Alderson , 2000 single work novel ; The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel
Writing That's Stronger Than the Plot Lesley Beasley , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 September 2000; (p. 16)

— Review of The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel
Cloistered Community Peter Pierce , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 223 2000; (p. 41-42)

— Review of The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel
Conflict Diamonds Jennifer Maiden , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 102-105)

— Review of Lines in the Sand Anne Deveson , 2000 single work novel ; The Rain Queen Katherine Scholes , 2000 single work novel ; Liv : A Novel Morgan Yasbincek , 2000 single work novel ; Love and Vertigo Hsu-Ming Teo , 2000 single work novel ; The Australian Fiance Simone Lazaroo , 2000 single work novel ; Family Album : A Novel of Secrets and Memories Margaret Scott , 2000 single work novel ; White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories Merlinda Bobis , 1999 selected work short story ; The White Star Jane Sullivan , 2000 single work novel ; The Architect Jillian Watkinson , 2000 single work novel ; Snake Circle Roberta Sykes , 2000 single work autobiography ; Full Circle Helen Townsend , 2000 single work novel ; Vigil Nadia Wheatley , 2000 single work novel ; The Secret : The Strange Marriage of Annabella Milbanke and Lord Byron Ashley Hay , 2000 single work biography ; Reefscape : Reflections on the Great Barrier Reef Rosaleen Love , 2000 single work prose
Crossing the Line Megan Backhouse , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 16 September 2000; (p. 6)
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