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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Opal Desert
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'Three women, facing uncertain futures, form an unlikely friendship in Australia's remote opal fields. Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she made many sacrifices and she now finds her life has lost direction. Shirley, approaching 80, was betrayed by her lover many years before and has retreated from the world, becoming a recluse living in an underground dugout.' (Trove record)

Notes

  • Dedication:
    For my new grandson, William James Bodhi Morrissey.

    Darling Bo, may you come to know and love the
    wonderful land of the opal, with all its diversity
    and uniqueness, as much as I do. And may
    we share journeys of discovery together.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Macmillan Australia , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Pan Macmillan
      Extent: 406p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st September 2012
      ISBN: 9781742610351 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Die Blüten Der Wüste : Ein Australien-Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Knaur ,
      2015 .
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      This image has been sourced from Amazon
      Extent: 479p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 January 2015
      ISBN: 9783426516300

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Diamonds in the Rough Emma Young , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of The Opal Desert Di Morrissey , 2012 single work novel
When You're on a Good Thing Thuy On , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19 - 20 November 2011; (p. 18-19)

— Review of The Opal Desert Di Morrissey , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Adair Jones , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 -13 November 2011; (p. 22)

— Review of The Opal Desert Di Morrissey , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Adair Jones , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 -13 November 2011; (p. 22)

— Review of The Opal Desert Di Morrissey , 2012 single work novel
When You're on a Good Thing Thuy On , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19 - 20 November 2011; (p. 18-19)

— Review of The Opal Desert Di Morrissey , 2012 single work novel
Diamonds in the Rough Emma Young , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2012; (p. 37)

— Review of The Opal Desert Di Morrissey , 2012 single work novel
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