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Last Days of Ava Langdon
Last Days of Ava Langdon
Last Days of Ava Langdon
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Last Days of Ava Langdon

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Based on the infamous novelist Eve Langley, Ava Langdon is an eccentric outcast solely preoccupied with her passion for words. Little does Ava know, she does not have long to live. Each day she wakes obsessed with finding the perfect sentence, the perfect description. She dons men's clothing and inspires confusion with her penchant for slipping snippets of French into conversation. From submitting a manuscript, to getting hit by a ute, to meeting with her estranged son, Ava's last days encapsulate the freedom of eccentricity and the sadness of isolation.
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Release dateApr 27, 2016
ISBN9780702257797
Last Days of Ava Langdon
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Mark O'Flynn

Mark O’Flynn was born in Melbourne and now lives in the Blue Mountains. After studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, and working for a number of years in the theatre where he produced several plays, Mark turned to fiction and poetry. He has published three poetry collections and a novella, CAPTAIN COOK (Pascoe, 1987). Mark's first full-length novel, GRASSDOGS, was published in 2006 after he participated in the HarperCollins Varuna Manuscript Development Program. His short stories, articles, reviews, and poems have appeared in a wide range of journals and magazines both here and overseas.

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    I liked this book very much, in fact I was disappointed when it finished. I love Katoomba (where the story is set), so i could picture with affection all the places mentioned. My great aunt was a similar sort of character to Ava Langdon, so that also provided appeal, coupled with my own decline into aged craziness. Moreover, the subject of family relationships - and what goes wrong with them - is a constant theme in my reading. Actually, that's where the book fell down a little, I think. Why did the Vladimir come looking for his mother? What was really happening between mother and son? I don't need answers, but I would have loved more exploration - even maybe flashbacks to years gone by?

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