The Sugar Mother
3 December 2010
Territory Rights — Worldwide, excluding Australia and New Zealand.
Description
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year: a witty and sophisticated classic by one of Australia's most daring and entertaining novelists.
Reviews
"Front page review: Jolley’s warmest novel, her most moving, and possibly the best introduction to her fiction. . . . wonderfully engrossing. . . . The conclusion is almost unbearably tense." — The New York Times Book Review
"A droll domestic comedy…emotionally astute and, at times chilling...as much a character study as it is a thriller...Jolley withholds just enough information...to create a suspenseful finale." — Washington Post
"Humor…suspense…and exquisite characterization . . . . Jolley has us in her able grip." — The New Yorker
"Sometimes feels like a Beckett or Pinter play, and sometimes like an engrossing Agatha Christie detective tale . . . . a satire-cum-fantasy with enormous flair." — The Arts Fuse
"Delicious . . . a novel of pungent charm." — Angela Carter
"Hilarious and bawdy." — Robert Coover
Also By: Elizabeth Jolley 
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Paperback, 2010
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Paperback, 2010
This moving masterpiece by one of Australia’s leading novelists—now in its entirety—inaugurates Persea’s series of Elizabeth Jolley revivals.
