''There Was Still Love'' is a 2019 novel by

Favel Parrett Favel Parrett (born 1974) is an Australian writer. Career Parrett's first novel, '' Past the Shallows'', was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012 and also that year won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Aus ...

. The novel follows two Czechoslovak sisters, one of whom relocates to Australia while the other stays in Prague. The story is based on that of Parrett's own grandmother.

Reception

''There Was Still Love'' received positive reviews in the ''

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''. The novel was described by the judges of the

Stella Prize The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Bailey ...

as a "confident, sparkling novel that brings to life the story of a family regrouping after the impacts of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia with warmth and resonance".

Awards

References

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