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After Samantha Bloom suffers a devastating spinal injury, she she struggles with depression, until the family adopts a fledgling magpie called Penguin.
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Penguin Bloom
Sydney
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HarperCollins Australia
,
2021
21056658
2021
single work
prose
children's
'Inspired by the true story of an unlikely hero, and adapted from the major motion picture starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver
'I guess we all kinda knew our life was perfect and that we wouldn't change a thing.
'But sometimes you don't get that choice, do you? Sometimes stuff happens that you would do anything to try to avoid. But you can't. And that's what happened to us.
'Penguin Bloom tells the true story of Sam Bloom, a young mother whose world is turned upside down after a near-fatal accident leaves her unable to walk. Sam's husband, her three young boys and her mother are struggling to adjust to their new situation when an unlikely ally enters their world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin. The bird's arrival is a welcome distraction for the Bloom family, eventually making a profound difference in the family's life.
'This young readers' edition, adapted from the major Australian motion picture starring Naomi Watts, tells their story through the eyes of Noah, one of the three Bloom boys.' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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Australian Cinema Is Reaping Box Office Rewards during the Pandemic. Can the Trend Continue?
2021
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 February 2021; -
Message of Hope Is Allowed to Bloom
2021
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23 January 2021; (p. 13)
— Review of Penguin Bloom 2020 single work film/TV -
The Dry Set to Break Australian Box Office Drought
2021
single work
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 January 2021;
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Message of Hope Is Allowed to Bloom
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23 January 2021; (p. 13)
— Review of Penguin Bloom 2020 single work film/TV -
The Dry Set to Break Australian Box Office Drought
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 January 2021; -
Australian Cinema Is Reaping Box Office Rewards during the Pandemic. Can the Trend Continue?
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 February 2021;
Awards
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Direction in Film
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
- 2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
- 2020 winner AWGIE Awards — Feature Film - Adaptation