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Jenny Blackman Jenny Blackman i(A88851 works by)
Born: Established: 1941 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Telling It Like It Was Jenny Blackman , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , August no. 150 2005; (p. 11, 16)
1 8 y separately published work icon Our Enemy, My Friend : The Diary of Emma Shelldrake, the Adelaide Hills, 1915 Jenny Blackman , Lindfield : Scholastic Press Scholastic Press , 2005 Z1192722 2005 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction

'It is 1915 and Australia is involved in the First World War. Young Australian men are dying in the trenches of Europe. To soldiers fighting in France and Gallipoli, the village of Wirreebilla in the Adelaide Hills seems peaceful and far away. But is it really so peaceful? German settlers are increasingly being treated as aliens by Wirreebilla locals and old friends become the new enemy. When Emma Shelldrake experiences this hatred first-hand, she begins to understand how difficult wartime can be for everyone.'

Source: Australian War Memorial.
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