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Business is booming in Dymphna Cusack's Say No to Death, a story of post-war Sydney, black marketeering, and sacrificial romance. The same cannot be said for a public health system that struggles to offer a future for cash-strapped tuberculosis patients, such as the doomed heroine of this novel, Jan. For contemporary readers, however, the trajectory of Jan and Bart's relationship may seem less interesting than Cusack's evocation of the failings of government health policy in Australia and the fine account of this devastating illness in a city beset by wartime shortages. (Source: Susan Carson)
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You're Reading
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 45)
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
Death by Mismanagement: Cusack's Love Story
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 14 no. 2 2002;
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
Soft Covers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 November 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
A Report on Australian Literature Published in Czechoslovakia
Eva Oliveriusova
,
1983
single work
bibliography
— Appears in: Australian Papers : Yugoslavia, Europe and Australia 1983; (p. 133-138) -
Come in Dymphna
Marie Knuckey
(interviewer),
1980
single work
biography
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 August 1980; (p. 14)
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Death by Mismanagement: Cusack's Love Story
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 14 no. 2 2002;
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
Untitled
1951
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 10 no. 4 1951; (p. 415-416)
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
Untitled
1952
single work
review
— Appears in: The Austrovert , no. 6 1952; (p. 6)
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
Cocky
1952
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice , vol. 1 no. 2 1952; (p. 28)
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
The Critics (comparison of reviews)
1952
single work
review
— Appears in: The Austrovert , no. 6 1952; (p. 8)
— Review of Say No to Death 1951 single work novel -
Come in Dymphna
Marie Knuckey
(interviewer),
1980
single work
biography
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 August 1980; (p. 14) -
The Grand Old Lady of Australian Literature
1975
single work
biography
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 September 1975; (p. 10) -
A Report on Australian Literature Published in Czechoslovakia
Eva Oliveriusova
,
1983
single work
bibliography
— Appears in: Australian Papers : Yugoslavia, Europe and Australia 1983; (p. 133-138)
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- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1940s
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