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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 The Philosopher's Doll
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'What happens when one partner in a relationship wants to have a child and the other doesn't? Lindsay Eynon, a philosophy lecturer, isn't ready to start a family yet; he has other plans. But Kirsten's biological clock is ticking and she sees the world differently. As their arguments intensify, so does the probability of the unexpected...'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2004 .
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      Extent: 305p.
      ISBN: 0670040509
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2005 .
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      Extent: 305p.
      ISBN: 0143001337

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Works about this Work

The Silver Age of Fiction Peter Pierce , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)

‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)

Fiction Julie Marlow , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 98 2004; (p. 67-69)

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
Stunt Flying Rachel Slater , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 16 no. 1 2004;

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
Choice in the Modern Marriage Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 August 2004; (p. 7)

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
Home and Prose Peter Pierce , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 122 no. 6422 2004; (p. 60-61)

— Review of Ash Rain Corrie Hosking , 2004 single work novel ; Names for Nothingness Georgia Blain , 2004 single work novel ; The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel ; Bright Planet Peter Mews , 2004 single work novel ; Home Larissa Behrendt , 2004 single work novel ; Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre , 2003 single work novel ; The White Earth Andrew McGahan , 2004 single work novel ; The Last Ride Denise Young , 2004 single work novel
Power Switches off a Family Track Ceridwen Spark , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 March 2004; (p. 2a)

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
Of Head and Heart Katharine England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 March 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
A Marriage Against the Ticking Clock Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 March 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
Fertile Mind Phil Brown , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 31 March - 6 April no. 484 2004; (p. 31)

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
No Place for a Pet Owen Richardson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 April 2004; (p. 24-25)

— Review of The Philosopher's Doll Amanda Lohrey , 2004 single work novel
Writer's Writer Helen Elliott , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 March 2004; (p. 12-13)
Sixpence for Starters Aviva Tuffield , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 March 2004; (p. 3)
The Acute Amanda Lohrey Aviva Tuffield , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 20 March 2004; (p. 3)
The Silver Age of Fiction Peter Pierce , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)

‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)

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