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Five Acre Virgin and other stories
by Elizabeth Jolley
Price $24.95 
- About the Book
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Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories brings together two highly acclaimed collections of Elizabeth Jolley’s short fiction so a new generation of readers can enjoy her unique combination of unsentimental realism and original humour.
Five Acre Virgin and The Travelling Entertainer introduced Jolley as a major Australian talent. She went on to win numerous awards, including the Age Book of the Year Award (three times) and the Miles Franklin Award.
Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories includes an insightful foreword by Jolley’s long-time agent and friend, Caroline Lurie.
- Category
- Adult Fiction
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Edition
- Australian Classics Edition
- Publisher
- Fremantle Press
- ISBN13
- 9 781 921 361 371
- HB/PB
- Paperback
- Format
- B Format (192mm x 128mm)
- Pages
- 384
- Others in this Series
- Sample Chapter
- Five Acre Virgin web.pdf
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From the Catalogue
Outdoor Reading in Freo
The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.
Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading
When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au

