Who We Were

Author: Lucy Neave

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  • : $29.99 AUD
  • : 9781922079527
  • : Text Publishing Company
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  • : April 2013
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : Australia
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  • : May 2013
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  • : English
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Description

Set during the Cold War, Who We Were is an intimate and powerful love story about trust, obsession and the truth itself. Melbourne, 1938. Annabel's dream is to be a scientist. Falling in love is not part of her plan. But when she meets Bill Whitten she knows instantly that they are destined for each other. She has to wait for him to come back from the war. Their life together, as lovers and microbiologists, can now begin. The newlyweds emigrate to New York. They are at once captivated by fellow immigrants Frank, an ex-Communist from Hungary, and his playwright wife, Suzy. It's the 1950s and the Cold War is in full swing. Frank, Annabel and Bill find work on weapons projects, experimenting with lethal infectious diseases. Did they cross the world for this? Annabel's whole being is anchored in her ardour for Bill, and their work together. But other forces-suspicion, paranoia, deceit-are at play. Everything begins to unravel: her work, her career and her marriage.

Promotion info

* Author will be a guest of major writers festivals in 2013 * Author interviews in major broadsheet newspapers * Author interviews on national radio * Review coverage in national newspapers, women's magazines, literary journals and magazines, and online * Bound proofs available * Print advertising in literary and current affairs publications such as ABR, Kill Your Darlings and the Monthly * Promos and giveaways with literary magazines and websites, such as the Lifted Brow and Kill Your Darlings * Feature title in indie bookseller newsletters and catalogues, and banner ads on bookseller websites * Social media campaign * Feature title in Text newsletters and banner ads on Text's website * Reading group notes available on publication (and printed in the back of the book)

Author description

Lucy Neave completed a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing in the US on a Fulbright scholarship, and has received a Varuna New Writers' Fellowship and Australian Society of Authors Mentorship. Her fiction has appeared in Australian and American literary journals, including Southerly, Overland and Lost Magazine, and in Best Australian Stories 2009. She teaches Creative Writing at the Australian National University.