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Madeleine St John

Madeleine St John (1941–2006) was born in Sydney. She graduated from Sydney University in 1963 and lived in London for most of the succeeding years, until her death in 2006. The Women in Black was her first novel. She also wrote A Pure Clear Light, 1996, The Essence of the Thing, 1997 (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize), and Stairway to Paradise, 1999.

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Title:

The Women in Black

Written by:

Madeleine St John 

Read by:

Deidre Rubenstein 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

5 

Duration:

5 hours 51 minutes 

Published:

July 01 2009 

Available Date:

July 28 2010 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781742333205 

Genres:

Fiction; Australian Fiction; Humorous Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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Price

Bolinda price

AUD$ 18.95

AUD$ 18.95

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"A highly sophisticated work, full of funny, sharp and subtle observations...a small masterpiece."
The Sunday Times

"A little gem...shot through with old-fashioned innocence and sly humour."
Vogue

A lost Australian classic.

At F. G. Goode's department store the women in black are run off their feet, what with the Christmas rush and the summer sales that follow. But it's Sydney in the 1950s, and there's still just enough time left on a hot and frantic day to dream and scheme... By the time the last marked-down frock has been sold, most of the staff of the Ladies' Cocktail section at F. G. Goode's have been launched into slightly different careers. With the lightest touch and the most tender of comic instincts, Madeleine St John conjures a vanished summer of innocence. Written by a superb novelist of contemporary manners, The Women in Black is a fairytale which illuminates the extraordinariness of ordinary lives.

"Seductive, hilarious, brilliantly observed, this novel shimmers with wit and tenderness."
Helen Garner, award-winning author of The Spare Room