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When Beatrice Collins dies, her daughters discover the secret diaries she had kept as a student at Melbourne University in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The diaries reveal her passionate relationships with other young women in a group calling itself 'Mob'. They are defiant, unconventional women. Their closeness is challenged by the arrival of the charismatic Tom.

The second part of the book, written in Beatrice's own voice, takes up her story in Sydney immediately after the Second World war. While Beatrice struggles to live out her ideals about freedom, love and equality, she makes choices that will impact on her children for the rest of their lives.

Inventing Beatrice is based on letters and diaries discovered by the author in 1994, after her mother's death.

- Dust jacket.

Notes

  • A work of fiction, biography and autobiography.
  • Dedication: For my sisters and all our children.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2006 .
      Extent: 351p.
      ISBN: 1862547041

Works about this Work

Untitled Christina Houen , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Life Writing , October vol. 4 no. 2 2007; (p. 321-325)

— Review of Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel
Untitled Gillian Dooley , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 17 - 30 November no. 305 2006; (p. 17)

— Review of Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel
In Short Anne Susskind , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 November vol. 124 no. 6545 2006; (p. 77)

— Review of Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel
Novel Approach Shirley Walker , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 42)

— Review of Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 September - 1 October 2006; (p. 15)

— Review of The Curer of Souls Lindsay Simpson , 2006 single work novel ; Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel ; Border Street Suzanne Leal , 2006 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 August 2006; (p. 25)

— Review of Metro Alasdair Duncan , 2006 single work novel ; Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel ; The Messenger Markus Zusak , 2002 single work novel
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 August 2006; (p. 30)

— Review of Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel ; Wildwood Dancing Juliet Marillier , 2006 single work novel
Book Briefs Lucy Sussex , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 August 2006; (p. 6)

— Review of Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 September - 1 October 2006; (p. 15)

— Review of The Curer of Souls Lindsay Simpson , 2006 single work novel ; Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel ; Border Street Suzanne Leal , 2006 single work novel
Novel Approach Shirley Walker , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 42)

— Review of Inventing Beatrice Jill Golden , 2006 single work novel
Mother Lost and Found Katharine England , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2006; (p. 14)
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