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'A young adult novel set in 1938 about an eighteen-year-old crippled girl's account of the love affair between a recent migrant to Melbourne and her twin sister, with the boy entrancing everyone about them, except for narrator Lilbet who suspects that he might not be all that he seems.' (Source: The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008)
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Dedication: For David, and with many thanks to Hazel Edwards, Jennifer Dabbs, Vashti Farrer, Ruth Mushin and Ruth Alexander
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Fictionalising History for Young Readers
2011
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 15-16) -
Historical-Based Fiction : Recreating Past Lives
2007
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— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2007; (p. 31) -
Untitled
2004
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance 2003 single work novel -
Doorways into Other Times
2004
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 3) -
Old-Style Story Fails to Excite
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 30 April vol. 70 no. 31 2004; (p. 24)
— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance 2003 single work novel
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Such Limits have Already Been Well and Truly Tested
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 January 2004; (p. 4a)
— Review of The Anatomy of Truth 2003 single work novel ; Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance 2003 single work novel -
Body and Soul by Goldie Alexander
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 2004; (p. 36)
— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance 2003 single work novel -
Old-Style Story Fails to Excite
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 30 April vol. 70 no. 31 2004; (p. 24)
— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance 2003 single work novel -
Recreating Past Lives
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 11 no. 4 2003; (p. 9-10) -
Doorways into Other Times
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 3) -
Historical-Based Fiction : Recreating Past Lives
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2007; (p. 31) -
Fictionalising History for Young Readers
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 15-16)
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Settings:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1938
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