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y separately published work icon Fire Fire single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Fire Fire
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'Shocking, tender, and grotesque, this darkly humorous novel captures the resilience and confusion of growing up. The Houdinis have grand plans for their family when they move to a dilapidated and isolated farm in the heart of the Australian bush. The mother, famous violist husband, and seven children plan on becoming self-sufficient, allowing creativity to rule and forming the perfect environment to raise a family of musicians, artists, and poets. But as problems arise from both outside and within the house, Ursula Houdini watches her brothers and sisters thrive and then wither under a mixture of love, neglect, and cruelty. In this affectionate and compelling story, Ursula must ultimately decide what she is willing to sacrifice to make her own place in the world.' 

 (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For L'hibou and Bodie, Still at large

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2004 .
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      Extent: 224p.
      ISBN: 1741143527

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Works about this Work

The Interview: Eva Sallis Susan Errington (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Winter no. 11 2008; (p. 24-26)
Untitled Faye Shortal , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 1 2005; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Fire Fire Eva Sallis , 2004 single work novel
The Good Neighbour Nikki Barrowclough , 2005 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 7 May 2005; (p. 24-26, 30)
Eva Sallis : Creativity in Literature and Politics Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , June no. 18 (Arabic) 2004; (p. 31-40)
Literary Fair Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , September no. 19 (English) 2004; (p. 9-15)
Flames of Fear Ignited Katharine England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 July 2004; (p. 9)

— Review of Fire Fire Eva Sallis , 2004 single work novel
Stoking the Flames in a Hippy Hinterland Rachel Cunneen , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 July 2004; (p. 3a)

— Review of Fire Fire Eva Sallis , 2004 single work novel
Unsettling Journey Along a Strange Fire Trail A. P. Riemer , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Fire Fire Eva Sallis , 2004 single work novel
Untitled Anne Susskind , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Bulletin The , 10 August vol. 122 no. 6433 2004; (p. 65)

— Review of Fire Fire Eva Sallis , 2004 single work novel
An Imaginative Game of Unhappy Families Bronwyn Rivers , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 August 2004; (p. 10)

— Review of Fire Fire Eva Sallis , 2004 single work novel
The Good Neighbour Nikki Barrowclough , 2005 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 7 May 2005; (p. 24-26, 30)
The Interview: Eva Sallis Susan Errington (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Winter no. 11 2008; (p. 24-26)
Literary Fair Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , September no. 19 (English) 2004; (p. 9-15)
Eva Sallis : Creativity in Literature and Politics Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , June no. 18 (Arabic) 2004; (p. 31-40)
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