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Nova Weetman’s memoir of losing her partner to cancer during COVID lockdown blends hard-won wisdom with pure nostalgic joy

  • Written by: Edwina Preston, PhD Candidate, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Nova Weetman’s memoir of losing her partner to cancer during COVID lockdown blends hard-won wisdom with pure nostalgic joyNova Weetman (main picture) and partner Aidan FennessyNova Weetman/Darren James (main image)

It’s difficult to critique a memoir. How do you critique the work – its language, structure, craft – without feeling you are exposing the author’s life and experiences to critique?

In Melbourne writer Nova Weetman’s Love, Death...

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