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'Who wants superpowers?
'Not Rhonda. Rhonda wants to live an ordinary life.
'“My life is a soap opera with magic,” thinks Judith, as she reviews her year.
'Before it all begins, she just wants to lose her past and keep her children safe.
'Belinda, her sister, wants recipes.
'Their lives are simple.
'All three women get a lot more than they bargained for in 2002 and 2003. Bushfires. A possessed lemon tree. Prophecy. Magic. Romance. Violence. Politics. Family.
'Secret Jewish women’s stuff ought to be carried out in more exotic places than suburban Australia.
'Except that sometimes, suburban Australia is chancy and troubling.
'Even without those mystery boxes from the great-grandmother no-one talks about.
'Even without the Angel of Death and Zoë’s pink tutu.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Exhibitions
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Books My Friends Have Sent Me
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , April no. 96 2018; (p. 14-27)
— Review of Dreaming in the Dark 2016 anthology short story ; The Man Who Took to His Bed 2017 selected work short story ; The Loyalty of Chickens 2017 selected work poetry ; Warriors of the Tao : David Lake's Xuma Novels 1984 single work criticism ; Nil by Mouth 2014 single work novel ; The Wizardry of Jewish Women 2016 single work novel -
[Review] The Wizardry of Jewish Women by Gillian Polack
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 100 2017;
— Review of The Wizardry of Jewish Women 2016 single work novel
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[Review] The Wizardry of Jewish Women by Gillian Polack
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 100 2017;
— Review of The Wizardry of Jewish Women 2016 single work novel -
Books My Friends Have Sent Me
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , April no. 96 2018; (p. 14-27)
— Review of Dreaming in the Dark 2016 anthology short story ; The Man Who Took to His Bed 2017 selected work short story ; The Loyalty of Chickens 2017 selected work poetry ; Warriors of the Tao : David Lake's Xuma Novels 1984 single work criticism ; Nil by Mouth 2014 single work novel ; The Wizardry of Jewish Women 2016 single work novel
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
