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Who We Were

Lucy Neave

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English
Text Publishing Company
22 May 2013
Melbourne, 1938. Annabel's dream is to be a scientist. Falling in love is not part of her plan. Butwhen 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 andmicrobiologists, 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 Waris in full swing. Frank, Annabel and Bill find work on weapons projects, experimenting with lethalinfectious diseases.

Did they cross the world for this? Annabel's whole being is anchored in her ardour for Bill, andtheir work together. But other forces-suspicion, paranoia, deceit-are at play. Everythingbegins to unravel- her work, her career and her marriage.

With its backdrop of science and politics Who We Were is a love story to bereckoned with, anintimate and powerful first novel about trust, obsession and the truth itself.
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Imprint:   Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 152mm,  Width: 233mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   363g
ISBN:   9781922079527
ISBN 10:   1922079529
Pages:   272
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Who We Were

'A love story turns into a Cold War thriller: a beautifully, tautly written novel...I could not put it down.' -- Joan London 'Who We Were is a tale told simply with great poise and assurance. Neave has a strong narrative sense and a gift for the evocation of time and place.' Weekend Australian 'A tense and cooly assured debut novel.' Adelaide Advertiser 'A very restrained sort of thriller...A dark, sad tale about taking risks, making allowances and justifying the unjustifiable...Well-written, the prose is gentle, almost dream-like in tone.' NZ Weekend Herald 'Neave's elegant, assured prose turns a run-of-the-mill love story into an intense and intriguing narrative that builds into a Cold War thriller...This is a first-class debut novel that crosses the literary and commercial divide.' Herald Sun 'Neave has written a powerful novel set in an intriguing time, with interesting Melbourne and New York-and a mysterious twist in the tale-woven in for good measure.' Melbourne Weekly Times


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