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Deborah O'Brien

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Sydney, Australia

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http://www.deborahobrien.com.au

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

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Deborah O’Brien is an Australian writer, visual artist and teacher. She is the author of four novels for Penguin Random House: the bestselling 'Mr Chen’s Emporium', its sequels, 'The Jade Widow' and 'A Place of Her Own', plus 'The Trivia Man'.

Her latest novel, 'The Rarest Thing' is set in the Victorian High Country in 1966 and is published by Lomandra Press. The signed gift edition print book is available from www.lomandrapress.com.au and the ebook from Kobo.

Together with her family and two dogs, Deborah divides her time between a house in Sydney and a country cottage on the outskirts of a heritage-listed Gold Rush town, overlooking a creek frequented by platypuses. It is her dream to own a small herd of alpacas.

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'The Rarest Thing': A Novel about a Possum?

‘To live is the rarest thing in the world.
Most people exist, that is all.’
Oscar Wilde

A novel about a possum? Well, this is a very special one – a mountain pygmy possum. Scientists call it burramys parvus, which translates as ‘little rock mouse’. Until 1966 everyone thought it was extinct. The only evidence that it had ever existed were some fossilised bones which were so tiny it’s a wonder they w Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 14, 2016 04:54

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	Mr Chen's Emporium 3.75 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trivia Man 3.69 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jade Widow 3.63 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place of Her Own 3.74 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rarest Thing 4.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ein anderes Wort für Glück: Roman by Deborah O'Brien (Goodreads Author), Wibke Kuhn (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of the Beginning 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Was Lost and is Found: A Life to Die For 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the Grace of God All Things Become New 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O beloved of my heart: Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If you encase yourself in stone like a fossil, you’ll have an existence, but not a life.”
― Deborah O'Brien, The Rarest Thing

tags: life-philosophy

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“Trivia isn’t a social occasion. It’s serious business.”
― Deborah O'Brien

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