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'When Madeleine is shipped off to stay with her eccentric grandmother for the holidays, she expects the usual: politics, early-morning yoga, extreme health food, and lots of hard work. Instead, Madeleine tumbles back in time to 1900, where the wealthy Williamson family takes her into their home, Lyrebird Muse...
'At a time when young girls have no power and no voice, set against a backdrop of the struggles for emancipation, federation and Aboriginal rights, Madeleine must find a way to fit in with the Williamson family's four sisters - beautiful, cold Bea; clever, awkward Gert; adventurous, rebellious Charlie; and darling baby Imo - as she searches desperately for a way home...
'Meanwhile, the Williamson girls' enchanting German cousin, Elfriede, arrives on the scene on a heavenly wave of smoke and cinnamon, and threatens to shatter everything....'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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[Review Essay] When the Lyre Bird Calls
2016
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 37) The cover of When the Lyrebird Calls describes it as a time slip novel set in 1900 Australia, in the tradition of Playing Beatie Bow. The cover of the book is similar to one of the covers of Playing Beatie Bow with the same muted colours and a glass dome, reinforcing the links between the books. In each book the main character is a young girl who is transported back to 1900 Australia via an item of clothing.' (Introduction) -
Review : When the Lyrebird Calls
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;
— Review of When the Lyrebird Calls 2016 single work children's fiction
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Review : When the Lyrebird Calls
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;
— Review of When the Lyrebird Calls 2016 single work children's fiction -
[Review Essay] When the Lyre Bird Calls
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 37) The cover of When the Lyrebird Calls describes it as a time slip novel set in 1900 Australia, in the tradition of Playing Beatie Bow. The cover of the book is similar to one of the covers of Playing Beatie Bow with the same muted colours and a glass dome, reinforcing the links between the books. In each book the main character is a young girl who is transported back to 1900 Australia via an item of clothing.' (Introduction)