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It was the worst crime a bird watcher could commit. Amy always ended up with the largest bird list at the end of the day. She swore she had sighted birds nobody else had glimpsed or heard. Sightings, moreover, which, due to the season or the region, were not just unlikely but downright impossible. Amy was a cheat. Set in rugged Victorian bushland, The keeper of the nest is the story of an apparently mild-mannered group of bird watchers, intent on pursuing their hobby. Or are they? A novel of quiet observation of human behaviour, unresolved tensions from the past, and birds, The Keeper of the Nest is also about murder...(Publisher's blurb, back cover).
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Dedication: For my husband Peter, my daughters Jane and Amanda and my son Peter Jonathon
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Epigraph: Who knows what sights were added to their score- What nestings, shallow flights, and dipping wings Bespoke the shorthand language of their joy, Their world was bounded by the narrowing glass Held fiercely to the eye. Rosemary Dobson, from The Bird Watchers
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Focus is on Experience, Not on Events
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 16 March 1991; (p. 4)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel -
The Pecking Order
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 43)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel -
Love Triumphs, Virtue Rewarded
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 October 1990; (p. B5)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel -
Flights of Fantasy With a Down-To-Earth Credibility
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 1990; (p. rev 5)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel ; Saturn Return 1990 single work novel ; Burning Spear : Stories 1990 selected work short story -
Mother and Son
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , July vol. 70 no. 1006 1990; (p. 24)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel
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Real Aussie Romances With Flair
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 October 1990; (p. 7)
— Review of The Sound of the Moon 1990 single work novel ; The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel -
Mother and Son
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , July vol. 70 no. 1006 1990; (p. 24)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel -
Flights of Fantasy With a Down-To-Earth Credibility
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 1990; (p. rev 5)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel ; Saturn Return 1990 single work novel ; Burning Spear : Stories 1990 selected work short story -
Love Triumphs, Virtue Rewarded
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 October 1990; (p. B5)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel -
The Pecking Order
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 43)
— Review of The Keeper of the Nest 1990 single work novel -
For Moira, Writing was Accidental
1990
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 24 November 1990; (p. 20)
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