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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The Last Time I Saw Mother
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'Called back home from Australia to the Philippines by an enigmatic letter from her mother, Caridad begins an emotional journey of self-discovery. The truth emerges in first person accounts by the women involved–Caridad, her mother Thelma, her aunt Emma, and her cousin, Ligaya–and presents a tale of personal tragedy and social devastation during the wartime Japanese occupation, and then during the post-war invasion of American troops billeted at the huge naval bases, which brought the seediest of western culture to the people of Manila.'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 1995 .
      Extent: 428p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0091831032
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Fawcett Columbine ,
      1996 .
      image of person or book cover 1315009034414687076.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 340p.p.
      ISBN: 9780449910689, 0449910687

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'No Place Like Home' : The Ambivalent Rhetoric of Hospitality in the Work of Simone Lazaroo, Arlene Chai, and Hsu-Ming Teo Deborah L. Madsen , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Intercultural Studies , February vol. 27 no. 1-2 2006; (p. 117-132)
This essay addresses the 'neither here nor there' rhetoric of not belonging in Anglophone Chinese Australian literature.
UNTITLED Carl Harrison-Ford , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 170 1995; (p. 51-52)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel ; The Last Real Cirkus : A Faintly Futuristic Fairy Tale Bridie Bottari , 1995 single work novel ; Just a Prostitute Marianne Wood , 1995 single work novel
Unfulfilled Expectations Helen Elliott , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 May 1995; (p. C13)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel
A Man Who's Bad All Through Penelope Nelson , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 April 1995; (p. rev 7)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel ; Spilt Milk Kathleen Stewart , 1995 single work novel
Pick of the Month Vivienne Brophy , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 74 no. 1057 1995; (p. 32)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel
History Lives But the Characters Don't Katherine Cummings , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 April 1995; (p. 9A)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel
Pick of the Month Vivienne Brophy , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 74 no. 1057 1995; (p. 32)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel
A Man Who's Bad All Through Penelope Nelson , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 April 1995; (p. rev 7)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel ; Spilt Milk Kathleen Stewart , 1995 single work novel
Unfulfilled Expectations Helen Elliott , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 May 1995; (p. C13)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel
UNTITLED Carl Harrison-Ford , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 170 1995; (p. 51-52)

— Review of The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai , 1995 single work novel ; The Last Real Cirkus : A Faintly Futuristic Fairy Tale Bridie Bottari , 1995 single work novel ; Just a Prostitute Marianne Wood , 1995 single work novel
'No Place Like Home' : The Ambivalent Rhetoric of Hospitality in the Work of Simone Lazaroo, Arlene Chai, and Hsu-Ming Teo Deborah L. Madsen , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Intercultural Studies , February vol. 27 no. 1-2 2006; (p. 117-132)
This essay addresses the 'neither here nor there' rhetoric of not belonging in Anglophone Chinese Australian literature.
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