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1 16 y separately published work icon Smoke in the Room Emily Maguire , Sydney : Picador , 2009 Z1631617 2009 single work novel 'Summer, Sydney, and holed up in a tiny flat off Broadway are idealistic American Adam, weary activist Graeme, and wild, misunderstood Katie. Each is searching for answers to life's biggest questions - why are we here; what is love; what constitutes betrayal - and thrust together, over an intense two-week period, they begin to form answers. In doing so, they must first confront their darkest demons, both within and without...' (From the publisher's website.)
1 7 y separately published work icon The Gospel According to Luke Emily Maguire , Blackheath : Brandl and Schlesinger , 2006 Z1294487 2006 single work novel

'Aggie Grey is a jaded sexual health counsellor who finds herself having to defend her business against the attacks of a radical new fundamentalist sect. Pastor Luke Butler is young, idealistic and out to capture the hearts and minds of Sydney's disaffected youth; his first order of business is to shut down Aggie Grey's clinic.

'Caught in the crossfire is 16-year-old Honey - pregnant, battered and ready to cling to whatever hope is offered. As Aggie and Luke fight over the fate of Honey's unborn child, they discover a deep and surprising connection. But as the war between the secular and religious intensifies, Aggie, Luke and Honey find themselves in moral and physical danger.

'Against a backdrop of religious terrorism and social decay, The Gospel According to Luke is a contemporary love story about belief, family, grief and hope.'

Source: Author's website, http://emilymaguire.typepad.com/the_gospel_according_to_l/
Sighted: 10/08/2006
2 1 y separately published work icon The Last of the Nomads William John Peasley , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1983 Z1573765 1983 single work prose '... a story of a journey into the heart of the Gibson Desert of Western Australia in search of an elderly Aboriginal couple, the last of their tribe, remaining in their own "country", the last of the Aboriginal people left in the Western Gibson Desert and possibly the last nomads of the Australian continent to follow the way of life of their ancestors' (Source: Introduction, Fremantle Press, 1983 edition)
1 y separately published work icon Behind the Veil : An Australian Nurse in Saudi Arabia Lydia Laube , Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 1991 Z1093555 1991 single work autobiography

'Cardiac resuscitation was often applied to a patient who was fast asleep. The hapless victim woke from a peaceful slumber to find somebody, often an infidel, jumping up and down on his chest.

'Lydia Laube worked as a nurse in Saudi Arabia in a society that does not allow women to drive, vote, or speak to a man alone. Wearing head-to-toe coverings in stifling heat, and battling administrative apathy, Lydia Laube kept her sanity and got her passport back. Behind the Veil is the hilarious account of an Australian woman's battle against the odds. It will keep you entertained for hours.'  (Publication summary)
 
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