Painted Woman
Hudson 1989 –
Allen and Unwin 1990
Random House 1999
Editions Phebus (in French) 2007
translated by Marie-Odile Fortier Masek
“Strikingly successful”
Sunday Times, UK
“Who is Sue Woolfe and why does she have the power to do strange things to my mind, heart and very marrow? Woolfe’s power and utter compassion.. is a shattering achievement. Her command of a dazzling palette of characters, drama, style and pure poetry is awesome.”
Hobart Mercury.
“An exquisitely intense book… dazzlingly conveyed…such robust, unpitying and honest writing about women that it becomes writing for everyone.”
Thomas Keneally (Schindler’s Ark)
“A stunning and utterly original book – extraordinary, beautiful writing, like bright like glancing and lashing across a canvas.”
Kate Grenville (The Secret River)
“Dazzling and disturbing…deliciously persuasive…emotionally dangerous.”
Australian Book Review.
“A powerful portrait of possession that rivals Patrick White’s The Vivisector”