Tag: Peeling the Onion Archives · Wendy Orr

5th Feb
The unreliable narrator: writing in the first person
Doing a study guide is an interesting way to discover things about your own books – especially if you do it 16 years after the book was published. A bit of distance,…
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1st Feb
Studying my study notes
After my desperate plea for any teachers who still had study notes on Peeling the Onion, a twitter follower sent me the web archive to my original web page. That kindness inspired…
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24th Sep
Grateful to be alive
Twenty years ago today I touched death. To be honest, I’m not terribly interested in different theories about near-death experiences; I know what I experienced, and what I believe: that sometimes, on…
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7th Sep
Mrs. F-B’s Book Blog: Peeling the Onion – Wendy Orr
A lovely review of Peeling the Onion – it’s nice to know that the book is still finding new readers! “HOW did I miss this book that’s been out for ten years?…
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10th Aug
A tangle of projects
Thought it might be worthwhile explaining why I’ve been so bad at blogging since we got home from our travels. (I mean, apart from the mouse invasion that meant cleaning everything in…
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18th Apr
Peeling the Onion
Playing with my new computer, I found this on UTube – a student production of Peeling the Onion. A great job – and a nice coincidence as I talked to a class…
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7th Aug
Onions and Cake at Siena College
For all the girls at Siena College who I met yesterday – thanks so much for making it a lovely visit. Since you had to rush off afterwards, I thought I’d post…
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5th May
New Look for the Aussie Peeling the Onion
Peeling the Onion is ten years old, and so last September it got a whole new look. What do you think???? (The original (first edition) cover is below.)
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