Author: Louisa C. Silke
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Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Shag and Doll, and other stories
Diamonds in the Mud and Other Stories
Author: Joy Dettman
Publisher: Pan Australia
ISBN: 174334564X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The complete short stories of the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series "Pure brilliance. This is a book to keep and treasure - you'll want to read it again and again." Sun-Herald At the beginning of her writing journey, Joy Dettman's charming, irascible, melancholy, wisecracking characters appeared in over twenty unique tales, many of which have won awards, many of which have never been published. Now, for the first time, Diamonds in the Mud and Other Stories is the complete collection of Joy Dettman's exquisite short stories. We meet an old coot in a rusty ute who picks up a hitchhiker, a neighbour reaches across the language divide to lend a helping hand, a grave digger might just have saved a young man's life, an exhausted farmer's wife lusts after a china cup, Granny Jordan is losing her marbles and an author is troubled by rats under the floorboards. Since Joy's first novel, Mallawindy, was published in 1998 she has attracted a growing number of readers who are entertained and shocked by her array of unforgettable characters populating the Australian landscape. "Dettman writes compulsively readable stories" The Age Fans of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker will love Joy Dettman.
Publisher: Pan Australia
ISBN: 174334564X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The complete short stories of the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series "Pure brilliance. This is a book to keep and treasure - you'll want to read it again and again." Sun-Herald At the beginning of her writing journey, Joy Dettman's charming, irascible, melancholy, wisecracking characters appeared in over twenty unique tales, many of which have won awards, many of which have never been published. Now, for the first time, Diamonds in the Mud and Other Stories is the complete collection of Joy Dettman's exquisite short stories. We meet an old coot in a rusty ute who picks up a hitchhiker, a neighbour reaches across the language divide to lend a helping hand, a grave digger might just have saved a young man's life, an exhausted farmer's wife lusts after a china cup, Granny Jordan is losing her marbles and an author is troubled by rats under the floorboards. Since Joy's first novel, Mallawindy, was published in 1998 she has attracted a growing number of readers who are entertained and shocked by her array of unforgettable characters populating the Australian landscape. "Dettman writes compulsively readable stories" The Age Fans of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker will love Joy Dettman.
Aunt Lucia's Locket, and Other Stories. [Reprinted from "The Quiver".]
Author: Ruth Mitchell
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Children's own paper, ed. by uncle Gilbert
Author: Gilbert (uncle, pseud)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The little folks' Sunday book
Author: Christian Redford
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Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Madge and her friends; or, Living unto others
Author: Mary Frances A. Tench
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Children of the Court, and Two Little Waifs. [With Illustrations.]
Author: Frederic Morell Holmes
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Category : Abused children
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abused children
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The giant's cradle, by S.T.A. Radcliffe, and other stories
Author: S. T. A. Radcliffe
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Little Flotsam, and other tales
Author: Robert Richardson (B.A.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description