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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Holier Than Thou
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''What do you want, Hol?' Abby looks into my eyes. 'I ... I want to know that I'm using my powers for good and -' 'You want to make a dead man proud.' 'Whoa!' 'You want to put bandages over severed arteries that really need to be sewn shut. You want the moral high ground.' Holly Yarkov has a boyfriend who is a gift from the universe. She has a job that fulfils her even as it wears her down. She has a dangerously appealing co-worker, who literally plays with fire. And she has a layer of steel around her heart that is beginning to tarnish. Just as she is reaching for a future she can't quite see, Holly finds her present invaded by the past, by memories of her father's death and of her once best friend, the boy-who-never-was.

Grief and longing run like veins of quicksilver through this beautiful novel, which is at once gloriously funny and achingly sad.' (Publisher's blurb)

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 , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: 290p.
      Note/s:
      • Suitable for ages: 14-16
        Published: May 2012
      ISBN: 9781741759983
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Murdoch Books ,
      2015 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 291p.
      Note/s:
      • Published October 8, 2015
      ISBN: 9781743366806

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Works about this Work

Holier Than Thou by Laura Buzo Ann Harth , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , July 2012;

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Jill Fitzsimons , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 20 no. 3 2012; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel
New Young Adult Fiction Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 July 2012; (p. 23)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel ; The Ink Bridge Neil Grant , 2012 single work novel ; Grace Beside Me Sue McPherson , 2012 single work novel
[Review] Holier Than Thou Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 38)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel
[Untitled] Tehani Croft , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 32)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel
[Review] Holier Than Thou Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 38)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel
New Young Adult Fiction Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 July 2012; (p. 23)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel ; The Ink Bridge Neil Grant , 2012 single work novel ; Grace Beside Me Sue McPherson , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Jill Fitzsimons , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 20 no. 3 2012; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel
[Untitled] Tehani Croft , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 32)

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel
Holier Than Thou by Laura Buzo Ann Harth , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , July 2012;

— Review of Holier Than Thou Laura Buzo , 2012 single work novel

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