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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 I Dream of Magda
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'''Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

'Tolstoy wasn't thinking specifically of the Harrison family when he wrote those words, but maybe he should have been. George Harrison is twenty-eight and afraid of the dark. His father is dead and his mother lives in la-la land. Reeling from a broken heart, and still coping with the trauma of a childhood home invasion, George works in a dead-end job in a bowling alley and finds rare solace in the giant painting of an alien that sits outside his room. His brother Matthew isn't much better off. After losing the love of his life in a traumatic car accident, he's retreated into a private world of sleep where he dreams about falling in love with comedienne Magda Szubanski.

'Matthew and George are each stuck in their own little messed-up world, with no idea how to get out, and neither of them is sure whether their unhappy family will ever finally pull together, or simply just fall apart.' (Publisher's blurb)

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  • Dedication: For my mum, Mara, who raised me twice

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2007
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2008 .
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      Extent: 274p.
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      • Publication date: August 2008.
      ISBN: 9781741755015

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Works about this Work

Great Expectations Peter Craven , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 42 no. 3 2010; (p. 6-9)
Bowled Over By a Study of Slacker Generations Christopher Bantick , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 - 7 September 2008; (p. 21)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel
Relationships with a Sting in the Tail Kathy Hunt , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , September vol. 3 no. 8 2008; (p. 22-23)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel ; The Nearly Happy Family Catherine McKinnon , 2008 single work novel ; Misconceptions Sophie Townsend , 2008 single work novel ; Walking to the Moon Kate Cole-Adams , 2008 single work novel ; Wasp Season Jennifer Scoullar , 2008 single work novel
The Hermaphrodite Alien's a Quirk Too Many Michael Williams , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 August 2008; (p. 33)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel
Laugh, Cry, Dream with George Diane Stubbings , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 August 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel
[Review] I Dream of Magda Angela Meyer , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 41)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel
Slacker Brothers Wait on Life in Blue Vogel Winner Kevin Rabalais , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2008; (p. 10-11)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel
Just the Job for a Real Goddess Juliette Hughes , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 August 2008; (p. 25)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel
Love, Loss and Laughter Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 August 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel ; The Last Sky Alice Nelson , 2008 single work novel
Laugh, Cry, Dream with George Diane Stubbings , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 August 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk , 2007 single work novel
Winner Inspired by 'All the Magdas' Jason Steger , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 September 2007; (p. 3) The Age , 14 September 2007; (p. 2)
Bookmarks Jason Steger , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 September 2007; (p. 30)
A column canvassing current literary news including the controversial proposed sale of poet Judith Wright's old home, and recent literary prizes awarded to Stefan Laszczuk and Michelle De Kretser.
The Woman of His Dreams Angela Meyer (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 52)
Great Expectations Peter Craven , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 42 no. 3 2010; (p. 6-9)
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