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J. Somerville Best J. Somerville Best i(A11028 works by) (a.k.a. Joyce Somerville Best; Joyce S. Best; Joyce Best)
Also writes as: Joy Somers ; Joy Best
Born: Established: 1911 ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Suzy No More Joy Best , London : Robert Hale , 1985 Z1551900 1985 single work novel romance
1 y separately published work icon Secret Safari J. Somerville Best , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1985 Z1551893 1985 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Alias Jennifer Jackson J. Somerville Best , London : Robert Hale , 1980 Z813189 1980 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon The Return of Christy Briscoe J. Somerville Best , Sydney London : Dymocks , 1951 Z24976 1951 single work novel romance Christy Briscoe was a stranger to Blackthorn, but two women - one of whom he secretly married - changed his life there. After a brief, stolen honeymoon, Christy went to Queensland for work - and ill-fortune kept him there for seven years. In the meantime his wife had lived her own life, and, when she received news that Christy was returning, it seemed as though her world would crash about her. Especially as a blackmailer had supplied someone with exclusive information about this secret marriage of one of the town's elite to a ne'er-do-well. Would the townsfolk find out the real origin of Sally, who has had them guessing? Who was her father? There are many tributaries to the main stream of this engrossing novel, but the author's practised pen keeps it full of interest from first to last. - dust jacket flap
1 Now He was Five J. Somerville Best , 1947 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 September vol. 82 no. 978 1947; (p. 780, 783-784)
1 2 y separately published work icon Crockett's Lane J. Somerville Best , Sydney : Dymocks , 1946 Z25081 1946 single work novel
1 The Cat Farm J. Somerville Best , 1944 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 July vol. 65 no. 3361 1944; (p. 24-25)
1 A Place of His Own J. Somerville Best , 1944 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 February vol. 65 no. 3340 1944; (p. 4)
1 Cock O the Walk J. Somerville Best , 1943 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 November vol. 64 no. 3327 1943; (p. 4)
1 The Far Acre J. Somerville Best , 1939 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 August vol. 60 no. 3106 1939; (p. 6-7)
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