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Liz Allan

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Dr Liz Allan is an Australian writer and teacher currently living and working in the UK. Her short story, 'Our Voices, Fierce' was awarded the Rachel Funari Prize for fiction in 2018 and her fiction has been shortlisted and longlisted for numerous other awards. ...more

Average rating: 3.78 · 165 ratings · 95 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
In Bloom

3.93 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2026 — 7 editions
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In Bloom by Liz   Allan
"The narrating voice inside my head trembled and gasped for purchase as I read along to this harrowing tale of girlhood and friendship set in a particularly perilous time- the early 90s. When their fourth, Lily Lucid, decides to call it quits on their" Read more of this review »
Liz Allan and 2 other people liked Cool's review of In Bloom:
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"Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, in exchange for an unbiased review.

I don't quite know how to categorize this sad, sweet, frustrating, heartbreaking book. In a nutshell, 3 girls in a trailer trash town in 1990s-era Australia are even lower than trail" Read more of this review »
In Bloom by Liz   Allan
"The things you miss happening even to those closest to you can haunt you for a lifetime. The things that happen to you can be hard to name.

In mid-nineties Vincent Australia, four fatherless fourteen-year-old friends have formed a band, aptly named 'T" Read more of this review »
Liz Allan and 1 other person liked Chris's review of In Bloom: A Novel:
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"A great novel about growing up being poor and outcasts and wanting to be seen, to be special. Also, how to be and behave as adolescent girls when men pay attention to you (or prey on you).
Allan uses the plural ‘we’ to tell the story and only near the" Read more of this review »
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