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Susan Elderkin Susan Elderkin i(A83190 works by)
Born: Established: 1968 Crawley, Sussex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1999 Departed from Australia: 2000
Heritage: English
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1 4 y separately published work icon The Voices Susan Elderkin , London : Fourth Estate , 2003 Z1130138 2003 single work novel In the remote, blood-red landscape of the Australian bush, thirteen-year-old Billy Saint hears the haunting song of an Aboriginal girl. The song tugs at something deep, something larger and more powerful than himself. She has sung Billy up - and he is destined to love her for ever. In an Alice Springs hospital ten years later, recovering from gruesome wounds of mysterious origin, Billy attempts to explain the voices in his head. But only Cecily, the Aboriginal nurse, will listen. What unravels is a mesmerising account of the relationship between a man, the land he loves, and the spirits of the country, struggling to be heard before it's too late.' -- Book jacket
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