Summary
Scented: A Novel of Identity Reconstructed Through Perfume
A compelling and poignant search for identity through perfume.
“Granny Seren told me I had a natural talent for perfume making, and I believed her because she seemed to know what she was talking about and she never lied. It was Seren who introduced me to the idea of a signature scent.”
As a university lecturer, Siân didn’t need a signature scent to know who she was. But, prompted by her job loss following res…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143773283 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143773283 |
| Author: | Laurence Fearnley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Laurence Fearnley
Laurence Fearnley is an award-winning novelist. Her novel The Hut Builder won the fiction category of the 2011 NZ Post Book Awards. In 2014 her novel Reach was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, and, in 2008, Edwin and Matilda was runner-up in the fiction category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Her second novel, Room, was shortlisted for the 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. In 2004 Fearnley was awarded the Artists to Antarctica Fellowship and in 2007 the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. In 2016 she won the NZSA/ Janet Frame Memorial Award and in 2017 she was the joint winner of the Landfall essay competition. She was named a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate in 2019. She lives in Dunedin.
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