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This award-winning work is a poignant examination of memory and its powerful grip on the human psyche, weaving together the threads of love, loss, and the relentless passage of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea Goldsmith’s novels are characterised by their deep emotional insight, beautifully crafted prose, and the ability to resonate with readers on a personal level, making them a worthy addition to any literary collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-buried-life-by-andrea-goldsmith-9781923023253","title":"The Buried Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou burn your bridges\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003egoing into a foreign forest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDorothy Porter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree people form an unlikely but spirited connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdrian is a renowned scholar, an expert on death in the modern age whose life has stalled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKezi, a young and passionate artist, has been rejected by her family. 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In Australia, stay-at-home wives jostle with want-it-all feminists, while AIDS threatens the sexual freedom of everyone. On the other side of the world, the Soviet bloc is in turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMikhail Gorbachev has been in power for a year when twenty-four-year-old book illustrator Galina Kogan leaves Leningrad—forbidden ever to return. As a Jew, she's inherited several generations' worth of Russia's chronic anti-Semitism. As a Soviet citizen, she is unprepared for Australia and its easy-going ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce settled in Melbourne, Galina is befriended by Sylvie and Leonard Morrow, and their adult son, Andrew. The Morrow marriage of thirty years balances on secrets. Leonard is a man with conflicted desires and passions, while Sylvie chafes against the confines of domestic life. Their son, Andrew, a successful mosaicist, is a deeply shy man. 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