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1 4 y separately published work icon Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home Alfred Fletcher , Cheryl Jorgensen , Brisbane : Blake Publications , 2004 Z1247308 2004 single work autobiography

'I drew my knees up and huddled in the corner. "How the hell did I get myself into this mess?" I kept askin' myself. Brutal is every boy's worst nightmare, come true for Al "Crow" Fletcher. It is the harrowing, true story of life inside one of Queensland's most feared institutions for orphaned, disadvantaged and Aboriginal youth. Thousands of children spent their formative years in fear and misery. All were scarred by the experience. Some perished. Many "graduated" to adult institutions. Crow Fletcher survived to tell his tale. This is it. Foreword by Senator Andrew Murray, Senator for Western Australia.' (Publisher's description)
1 1 y separately published work icon Homeland Betty Birskys , Brisbane : Blake Publications , 2004 Z1172977 2004 single work novel 'Betty Birskys writes about the Lithuanian community in Brisbane with insight, affection and a strong sense of identification. This is a small ethnic group about whom very little has been written. Birskys' novel is a moving study of cross-culture marriage and migrant life in Australia where the author, using the device of a fictional memoir, constructs a very personal and poignant story. It succeeds where many other family memoirs fail because of the author's ability to both distance herself from the story and also to reach into its core. This novel tells a familiar but often untold urban story.' (Queensland Premiers Award Judges comments.)
1 y separately published work icon Morag Bane Cheryl Jorgensen , Brisbane : Blake Publications , 2003 Z1135985 2003 single work novel young adult
1 1 y separately published work icon A Quality of Light Cheryl Jorgensen , Brisbane : Blake Publications , 2003 Z1135735 2003 single work novel crime

'An elderly fortune-teller, Vera Sculthorpe, works in city tearooms. When one of her regular customers is stalked by a young man, Vera has the misfortune of “seeing” his deeds before he commits them. Whom can she tell? In another part of Brisbane, police photographer, Senior Constable Kerry Harmer, attends an incident, possibly an accident or suicide. A strange clue appears in her investigations and someone she loves dearly is at risk. Having no taste for clerical work, bank teller Rod Norris prefers life’s little luxuries: silk underwear against his skin, high-heeled shoes that would have wowed them at Cloudlands, and smart young people who share his own impeccable fashion sense. He collects them all. Temperatures rise in River City high summer, tropical blossoms making the moist, night air heavy with their perfumes. And people go missing ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon You're a Legend! : Short Biographies, Stories and Poems About Who and What Has Inspired Legendary Queenslanders Cheryl Jorgensen (editor), Brisbane : Blake Publications , 2003 Z1091010 2003 anthology biography poetry short story 'This anthology started as a literary competition for secondary school students who were asked to write a biography or poem about someone who inspired them. You're a Legend.(2003)
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