The Complete Jolley
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: 19 volumes. Mixed HB and paperback. Foxybaby Signed by the author.
1. Palomino (HB, UQP, 1984) — A 60-year-old doctor falls into an intense, unconventional love affair with a much younger pregnant woman on her remote Australian property. 2. The Newspaper of Claremont Street (HB, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Limited Edition, 1st, 1981) — An ageing cleaning woman known to everyone as "Weekly" dreams of escaping the parasitic demands of her employers and family to claim a piece of land of her own. 3. Mr Scobie's Riddle ( Paperback, Penguin 1983) — Eccentric patients in a grotesquely mismanaged nursing home resist institutionalisation and search for dignity in the face of death. (Age Book of the Year) 4. Milk and Honey (Paperback, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1984) — A young man becomes entangled in the suffocating world of a European immigrant family living by rigid Old World values in suburban Australia. 5. Foxybaby SIGNED (HB, UQP 1985) — A dowdy teacher arrives at a rural weight-loss retreat to run a drama program and finds herself drawn into the surreal lives of both staff and students. 6. The Well ( HB, Viking Aus 1986 repr.,; DJ - clipped) — An isolated elderly farmer and her young companion share a strange bond on a remote property until a late-night accident with something in the well threatens to destroy them. (Miles Franklin Award winner) 7. The Sugar Mother ( HB, Fremantle ACP 1988) — A fussy middle-aged professor's wife leaves for a fellowship abroad, and he becomes obsessively entangled with a young woman and her scheming mother who move in next door. 8. The Orchard Thieves (HB, Viking Aus 1995, 1st pr.,) — A woman returns to her family home and finds herself reflecting on the complex, entangled bonds between three generations of women on a suburban block. 9. Lovesong ( HB, no DJ, Viking Aus 1997, 1st pr.,) — A music teacher's deeply unsettling relationship with a young student forces a confrontation with obsession, desire, and moral failure. 10. An Accommodating Spouse ( HB, Viking Aus 1999, 1st pr.,) — A quiet, self-effacing man navigates the chaos of a household dominated by his wife's forceful personality and shifting loyalties. 11. An Innocent Gentleman (HB, Viking Aus, 2001, 1st pr.,) — A fragile man attempts to piece together his identity through memory and longing in what became Jolley's final novel. 12. My Father's Moon (HB, Viking Aus 1989, 1st pr., pages yellowed) — Young Vera leaves her genteel English home to train as a wartime nurse and is thrust into adulthood through love, loss, and an illegitimate pregnancy. (Vera Wright Trilogy Book 1; Age Book of the Year) 13. Cabin Fever (HB, Viking Aus 1990, 1st pr.,) — Vera continues her turbulent journey through wartime and post-war life, struggling with identity, motherhood, and belonging. (Vera Wright Trilogy Book 2) 14. The Georges' Wife (HB, Viking Aus 1993, 1st pr.,) — The trilogy concludes as Vera, now in Australia, finally confronts the secrets and silences that have shaped her entire adult life. (Vera Wright Trilogy Book 3; Age Book of the Year) 15. Stories (HB, Viking 1988) — A collection gathering Jolley's finest short fiction, featuring her trademark displaced, eccentric characters navigating loneliness and longing. 16. Woman in a Lampshade (Paperback, Penguin 1983, yellowed pages) — A short story collection of darkly comic, unsettling vignettes about women on society's margins, originally broadcast as radio plays. 17. Diary of a Weekend Farmer (HB, Fremantle ACP 1993) — A charming, semi-autobiographical account of Jolley and her husband's adventures and misadventures buying and running a small hobby farm. 18. Central Mischief (HB, Viking 1992, 1st pr.,) — A partly autobiographical collection of essays, memoirs, and reflections on writing, teaching, and her unconventional life. 19. Fellow Passengers (Paperback 1997, ed. Barbara Milech 1st pr.,) — A late anthology/collection edited by Barbara Milech gathering Jolley's writings and reflections on the human condition.
Author: Elizabeth Jolley
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: 19 volumes. Mixed HB and paperback. Foxybaby Signed by the author.
1. Palomino (HB, UQP, 1984) — A 60-year-old doctor falls into an intense, unconventional love affair with a much younger pregnant woman on her remote Australian property. 2. The Newspaper of Claremont Street (HB, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Limited Edition, 1st, 1981) — An ageing cleaning woman known to everyone as "Weekly" dreams of escaping the parasitic demands of her employers and family to claim a piece of land of her own. 3. Mr Scobie's Riddle ( Paperback, Penguin 1983) — Eccentric patients in a grotesquely mismanaged nursing home resist institutionalisation and search for dignity in the face of death. (Age Book of the Year) 4. Milk and Honey (Paperback, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1984) — A young man becomes entangled in the suffocating world of a European immigrant family living by rigid Old World values in suburban Australia. 5. Foxybaby SIGNED (HB, UQP 1985) — A dowdy teacher arrives at a rural weight-loss retreat to run a drama program and finds herself drawn into the surreal lives of both staff and students. 6. The Well ( HB, Viking Aus 1986 repr.,; DJ - clipped) — An isolated elderly farmer and her young companion share a strange bond on a remote property until a late-night accident with something in the well threatens to destroy them. (Miles Franklin Award winner) 7. The Sugar Mother ( HB, Fremantle ACP 1988) — A fussy middle-aged professor's wife leaves for a fellowship abroad, and he becomes obsessively entangled with a young woman and her scheming mother who move in next door. 8. The Orchard Thieves (HB, Viking Aus 1995, 1st pr.,) — A woman returns to her family home and finds herself reflecting on the complex, entangled bonds between three generations of women on a suburban block. 9. Lovesong ( HB, no DJ, Viking Aus 1997, 1st pr.,) — A music teacher's deeply unsettling relationship with a young student forces a confrontation with obsession, desire, and moral failure. 10. An Accommodating Spouse ( HB, Viking Aus 1999, 1st pr.,) — A quiet, self-effacing man navigates the chaos of a household dominated by his wife's forceful personality and shifting loyalties. 11. An Innocent Gentleman (HB, Viking Aus, 2001, 1st pr.,) — A fragile man attempts to piece together his identity through memory and longing in what became Jolley's final novel. 12. My Father's Moon (HB, Viking Aus 1989, 1st pr., pages yellowed) — Young Vera leaves her genteel English home to train as a wartime nurse and is thrust into adulthood through love, loss, and an illegitimate pregnancy. (Vera Wright Trilogy Book 1; Age Book of the Year) 13. Cabin Fever (HB, Viking Aus 1990, 1st pr.,) — Vera continues her turbulent journey through wartime and post-war life, struggling with identity, motherhood, and belonging. (Vera Wright Trilogy Book 2) 14. The Georges' Wife (HB, Viking Aus 1993, 1st pr.,) — The trilogy concludes as Vera, now in Australia, finally confronts the secrets and silences that have shaped her entire adult life. (Vera Wright Trilogy Book 3; Age Book of the Year) 15. Stories (HB, Viking 1988) — A collection gathering Jolley's finest short fiction, featuring her trademark displaced, eccentric characters navigating loneliness and longing. 16. Woman in a Lampshade (Paperback, Penguin 1983, yellowed pages) — A short story collection of darkly comic, unsettling vignettes about women on society's margins, originally broadcast as radio plays. 17. Diary of a Weekend Farmer (HB, Fremantle ACP 1993) — A charming, semi-autobiographical account of Jolley and her husband's adventures and misadventures buying and running a small hobby farm. 18. Central Mischief (HB, Viking 1992, 1st pr.,) — A partly autobiographical collection of essays, memoirs, and reflections on writing, teaching, and her unconventional life. 19. Fellow Passengers (Paperback 1997, ed. Barbara Milech 1st pr.,) — A late anthology/collection edited by Barbara Milech gathering Jolley's writings and reflections on the human condition.