- Our Father Who Art in The Tree
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Our Father Who Art in the Tree Author(s) Judy Pascoe Country Australia Language English Genre(s) novel Publisher Murdoch Books Australia Publication date new Ed edition 2010 Media type Print (Paperback & Hardback) Pages 176 pp ISBN 9781742662411 OCLC Number 50214983 Our Father Who Art in The Tree is Judy Pascoe’s debut novel and is written from the perspective of a little girl who believes her late father is living on inside the tree in their backyard. The book was first published in the UK in 2002 but is now out of print[1]. It is available in many languages including French, German, Italian and Japanese. It was also recently reissued in Australia by Murdoch Books [2].
Contents
Film Adaptation
Our Father Who Art in the Tree has been adapted into a 2010 feature film entitled The Tree by writer/director Julie Bertuccelli and stars Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was filmed in Boonah, Queensland and is an official French/Australian co-production between Les Films du Poisson and Taylor Media, with Yaël Fogiel and Sue Taylor (Producer) as co-producers.[3] The film was shown at the 2010 New Zealand International Film Festival [4] as well as the Chicago International Film Festival.[5]
Author
Born and educated in Brisbane, Australia, Judy spent several years as an acrobat, touring with Circus Oz, before turning to writing and stand up comedy [6]. She is married to British actor Robert Llewellyn, famous for his role as Kryten in Red Dwarf, in which she appeared in the episode Camille. They have two children and live in Gloucestershire, UK.[7][8]
References
- ^ http://www.booksellers.co.nz/book-news/trade-news/17-festival-films-are-drawn-books
- ^ http://www.murdochbooks.com.au/Pages/SearchResult.aspx?keyword=the+tree
- ^ Official website of the film [1], Official Site of Taylor Media [2], Official site of Les films du Poisson [3]
- ^ http://www.booksellers.co.nz/book-news/trade-news/17-festival-films-are-drawn-books
- ^ http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/movie.php?show=tree_the
- ^ http://www.circusoz.com/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=168&languageId=1&contentId=-1
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0664404/
- ^ http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/features/interviews/judy-pascoe/
External links
- Reading Group Guides
- Goodreads
- Read first chapter at Amazon.co.uk
- judypascoe.com
- Book interview with Judy Pascoe
- Long interview with Judy Pascoe
- Book review
- American publisher's page of the book
- ISBN 978-0-375-75987-1 (0-375-75987-5)
- French publisher's page of the book
- Inside Film and Television
- Film adaptation
Categories:- Australian novels
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