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1 online resource |
Contents |
Cover; Author biography; Also by Heather Taylor Johnson; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Part One; A Moment before the Moment; Part Two; Waiting for Betelgeuse to Die; But There Were Three of Them; Emotional Fishing; Giving Back; Not Dead, Just Sleeping; Memory Is Inside Us; Apricots; Part Three; This Was Their Family Now; Thank You, Jean Harley; Baumgartner's Jump; Call Me Charley; Fifteen; Sometimes; Part Four; The List; Licking the Wound; What We Don't Know About Animals; The House of Noise; Very Viv; Riding Bikes; To Jean Harley; How to Fill an Empty Space; Downhill |
Summary |
A"Heather Taylor Johnson has a poet's understanding of the world: her exploration of the way in which our lives intertwine ₆ for better or for worse ₆ is nuanced and poignant." Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial Rights and The Good People Jean Harley ₆ wife, mother, lover, dancer ₆ is a shining light in the lives of those who know and love her. But when tragedy strikes, what becomes of the people she leaves behind? Her devoted husband, Stan, is now a single father to their young son, Orion. Her best friends, Neddy and Viv, find their relationship unravelling at the seams. And Charley, the ex-con who caused it all, struggles to reconcile his past crimes with his present mistakes. Life without Jean will take some getting used to, yet her indelible imprint remains. Jean Harley Was Here is a touching and original exploration of love, relationships, and the ways in which we need each other |
Analysis |
Australian |
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Traffic accidents -- Fiction
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Life change events -- Fiction
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Women cyclists -- Fiction
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FICTION -- General.
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Life change events
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Traffic accidents
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Women cyclists
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Genre/Form |
novels.
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Novels
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Fiction
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Fiction.
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Novels.
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Romans.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780702258893 |
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070225889X |
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9780702258909 |
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0702258903 |
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9781628729603 |
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1628729600 |
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