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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Forecast : Turbulence
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'Forecast Turbulence is a breathtaking and exquisitely lyrical collection of nine short stories and one memoir piece from internationally acclaimed Australian author Janette Turner Hospital. Featuring a compelling and enigmatic cast of characters - a loner obsessed with the beautiful face of a neighbour; a militant religious cult; the mute skipper of a whale-watching boat; a teenager who hasn't set eyes on his father since the breakdown of his parents' marriage; the daughters of a charming family man (and paedophile); a child and his grandmother sitting out a hurricane; two vulnerable girls visiting their stepfathers in prison; a young woman deeply ashamed of what her father has become; and the grief-stricken parents of an abducted child - Turner Hospital sensitively weaves their stories of raw emotion, heartbreaking vulnerability and incredible resolve, revealing their quest to hold their centres and maintain equilibrium in a turbulent and uncertain world.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication:
    For my father in his 96th year
    and for my five grandchildren
    with love.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Fourth Estate , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Blind Date, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 3-19)
Salvage Weird People, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 21-34)
Note: With title: Salvage
Republic of Outer Barcoo, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 35-54)
The Prince of Darkness Is a Gentleman, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 55-72)
Hurricane Season, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 73-99)
Weather Maps, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 101-122)
That Obscure Object of Desire, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 123-149)
Forecast : Turbulence, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 151-166)
Afterlife of a Stolen Child, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 167-208)
Moon River, Janette Turner Hospital , single work autobiography (p. 209-229)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate , 2011 .
      image of person or book cover 2138736838117756021.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 232p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 November 2011.
      ISBN: 9780730498773 (ebk.), 9780732294441 (hbk.)

Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

Diverse and Confronting : Andy Kissane Reviews ‘Forecast: Turbulence’ by Janette Turner Hospital Andy Kissane , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , December - February no. 10 2013-2014;

— Review of Forecast : Turbulence Janette Turner Hospital , 2011 selected work short story
Janette Turner Hospital : Forecast : Turbulence Linda Funnell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , July 2012;

— Review of Forecast : Turbulence Janette Turner Hospital , 2011 selected work short story
A Pair of Ragged Claws Stephen Romei , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 December 2012; (p. 15)
Now, Read This Stephen Romei , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25)
Words of Great Worth Robyn Annear , David Day , Lyn McCredden , Peter Pierce , Lucy Sussex , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 August 2012; (p. 30-31)
This column comprises the judges' comments on the shortlisted works for the 2012 Age Book of the Year Award. (The list includes three titles, outside the scope of AustLit, by James Boyce, Paul Ham and Jane Gleeson-White.)
Hosptal Cases Stare Straight at Terror Ashley Hay , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 - 30 October 2011; (p. 18-19)

— Review of Forecast : Turbulence Janette Turner Hospital , 2011 selected work short story
Duty to Delve into the Dark Fran Metcalf , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 October 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of Forecast : Turbulence Janette Turner Hospital , 2011 selected work short story
[Review] Forecast : Turbulence Portia Lindsay , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 91 no. 4 2011; (p. 27)

— Review of Forecast : Turbulence Janette Turner Hospital , 2011 selected work short story
Well Read Katharine England , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 November 2011; (p. 29)

— Review of Forecast : Turbulence Janette Turner Hospital , 2011 selected work short story ; Silence Rodney Hall , 2011 selected work short story
Wide Isobars Rhyll McMaster , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2011-January 2012 no. 337 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Forecast : Turbulence Janette Turner Hospital , 2011 selected work short story
Dark Matter Stephen Romei , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 8-9)
A Pair of Ragged Claws Stephen Romei , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 19)
A column canvassing current literary news.
Irresistible Metaphors Portia Lindsay (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 91 no. 4 2011; (p. 33)
Hang on to Your Heart, There's Rough Weather on the Way Kylie Northover , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 29 February 2012; (p. 15)
Janette Turner Hospital's new book links inner turbulence with that in the atmosphere.
On to a Winner Marc McEvoy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 24 June 2012; (p. 19)
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