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The Falling Woman

Published
May 2003
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General Fiction General Fiction
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269

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One woman's journey into the heart's landscape is mirrored by a haunting desert odyssey in this novel told in three voices—Stella, Estella, and Estelle. The narration follows Stella from birth to age 29 as she confronts epilepsy, death, and lesbianism; Estella as she confronts the Australian desert and the metaphoric edge of her consciousness with her lover Olga; and Estelle, the timeless, mythical voice of women in different cultures and times sharing their stories that range from the mundane to the frightening. The final chapter draws all three voices together through an analogy of comets, snakes, and stars, in which Stella becomes Estella and Estelle and they move into a literal cosmic realm as one.

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Mar 1994 Spinifex Press ISBN 1875559043
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May 2003 Spinifex Press ISBN 1876756365
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Apr 2006 Spinifex Press ISBN 174219060X
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May 2006 Spinifex Press ISBN B00295AIC4
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