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Authors: Rosalie Ham

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Thanks go to Jenny Darling and all at Random House. Also thanks to my honest and dedicated readers: Terry, Natalie Warren, Mercy O'Meara and Sue Maslin. For their inside knowledge, nurses Hannah May Ham and Alicia Ham, and for his expert advice, Morgan McLay, and as always, for love and support, Ian McLay.

Thanks also to Vic Arts,

and The Victorian Writers' Centre for the

âWriting @ Rosebank' fellowship

Rosalie Ham was born and raised in Jerilderie, New South Wales. She completed her secondary education at St Margaret's School, Berwick, in 1972. After travelling and working at a variety of jobs (including aged care) for most of her twenties, Rosalie completed a Bachelor of Education majoring in Drama and Literature (Deakin University, 1989), and achieved a Master of Arts, Creative Writing (RMIT, Melbourne) in 2007. Her first novel,
The Dressmaker
, was published in 2000. Her second novel,
Summer at Mount Hope
, was published in 2005.

Rosalie has also had stories published in
Meanjin
,
The Age
,
The Bulletin
and
Invisible Ink
. When she is not writing, Rosalie teaches literature.

Thanks also to Vic Arts,

and The Victorian Writers' Centre for the

âWriting @ Rosebank' fellowship

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There Should Be More Dancing

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First published by Vintage in 2011

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