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Jarmila Emmerova (International) assertion Jarmila Emmerova i(A67123 works by)
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8 33 y separately published work icon Playing Beatie Bow Ruth Park , ( trans. Jarmila Emmerova with title Hra na Betsy Bowovou ) Prague : Albatros , 1985 Z47803 1980 single work novel young adult fantasy (taught in 5 units) When Abigail joins in the game of Beatie Bow she is transported back in time to a Sydney of the late 19th century where she meets the Bow family, whose fate she can predict, but which she is powerless to change.
4 6 y separately published work icon The Wild Oats of Han Katharine Susannah Prichard , ( trans. Jarmila Emmerova with title Divoska Han ) Prague : Albatros , 1979 1926 single work novel
9 7 Black Lightning Dymphna Cusack , ( trans. Jarmila Emmerova with title Černý blesk ) Prague : Svoboda , 1971 Z42161 1964 single work novel
— Appears in: Hohullam Berlinben [and] Fekete villam 1969; (p. 540)

'For Tempe Caxton, glamorous television star, life has lost its lustre. Her son was killed in the war, her lover has walked out on her, her job is over and life seems meaningless. Suicide seems to promise an easy way out.

'While recovering from a failed attempt, she discovers a surprising secret in the pages of her dead son's diary - she has a granddaughter. And she soon finds out that her grandchild is in trouble - the family that have raised her are being unfairly evicted from the land they have held for four generations.

'Gradually Tempe is pulled into an alien world, with a new purpose; she is forced to rethink her long-held prejudices, fight for principles she has never before thought about, and find a new reason for living.' (From The House of Books imprint, Allen & Unwin website, 2012.)
11 128 y separately published work icon Coonardoo : The Well in the Shadow Katharine Susannah Prichard , ( trans. Jarmila Emmerova with title Studna ve stinu ) Prague : Statne Nakladetelstvi Krasne Literarny a Umeni , 1960 Z1081769 1928 single work novel (taught in 39 units) Set in North-West of Western Australia, it describes life on cattle stations and the relationship between the white owner of the station and Coonardoo, an Aboriginal woman.
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