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Fineflour
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
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1990
Z362053
1990
selected work
short story
'Collection of short stories by the author of To Ride a Cock Horse', winner of the 1989 South East Asian and South Pacific First Book Award in the British Commonwealth Writers Prize. The stories are linked together by the river Fineflour and its place in the lives of the characters through successive generations.' (Publication summary)
St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2013 - y Loving Daughters St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1984 Z384163 1984 single work novel St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2014
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Joan Makes History
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
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1988
Z376629
1988
single work
novel
historical fiction
Australia's history retold through the eyes of Joan, a woman who has never rated a mention in the school books. Joan leads many lives: she is a wife and mother of no great distinction, but in the life of her imagination she is present at all the big moments of Australia's past. (Source: Trove)
St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2014 -
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Miss Peabody's Inheritance
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
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1983
Z796757
1983
single work
novel
(taught in 4 units)
'In this potent tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne is a brilliant, witty and accomplished woman. The exotic tale of this flamboyant eccentric and her European travels – with jealous secretary and shy schoolgirl protégée – is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful suburban life of Miss Peabody.' (Publication summary)
St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2014 -
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Charades
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
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1988
Z439072
1988
single work
novel
(taught in 1 units)
'From the subtropical lushness of Queensland’s Tamborine Rainforest to the claustrophobic bedroom of a Boston physicist, Janette Turner Hospital’s characters breathe an atmosphere of passion and suspense. Charade Ryan, an enigmatic story-spinning Scheherazade, searches for a way to unravel the long-held secrets of her family origins. As the narrative flits between the present and the past, and truth becomes increasingly subjective, Charade weaves a rich and textural tale out of the myths of her past. This vibrant, superbly crafted novel explores the elusive boundaries between existence and imagination, memory and truth.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (UQP, 2015 ed.)
St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2015 -
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Things Could Be Worse
1999
selected work
short story
— Appears in: Collected Stories 1999; 'This work tells of a Jewish family in Melbourne and its company of friends, and explores issues of conflict and reconciliation, and of memory and forgetting in relation to her protagonists' experiences of the Holocaust.' (The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008, p. 10) St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2016 -
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The Frangipani Gardens
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
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1980
Z521031
1980
single work
novel
'Nothing is as it seems in this twisted fairytale of moral ambiguity and corrupted innocence. Just as the tropical beauty of The Frangipani Gardens conceals its inherent menace, watercolour painter Doll lives a prim, respectable existence belying her wildest fantasies. But when her young niece and nephew come to stay, Doll’s true self threatens to be exposed.' (Publication summary)
St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2017