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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Perspectives : Story & Memoir
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'Covering a wide range of emotive issues from frustrated ambition to religious and cultural differences and understanding, political correctness in the classroom, the underrated effect of homesickness, the slippery search for self, in Perspectives, Tangea Tansley offers a selection of impassioned stories that evoke all the pain, wonder -- and sometimes the joy -- of the human condition. More than just a collection of short stories and memoir, this is a book that turns the spotlight on some of the major issues of our time as well as recognising the nature of our innate humanness.\

'Sad, happy, funny or true, the stories are told from a multitude of different viewpoints that provide a reflection of the world we live in. A schoolteacher steels himself against a pupil's attempt at seduction; the life of a young mother changes due to an impulsive but, as it turns out, serendipitous purchase; an out-of-work artist finds that all is not lost after all; a boy and his dog fight the system; and a lost and lonely young man finds an unexpected friend -- but is it too late?

'In Memoir, Tansley investigates her own feelings on discovering her Jewish background, relates the uplifting story of an elderly friend who finds romance, reveals her memories of her mother's struggle with chronic longing for Africa -- and in a series of three short pieces, Once Were Immigrants, underscores the essential human need for connection.

'As a bonus under Postscript, the author has taken the unusual step of including a story written by her late father, Ken Coton, another story of connection told from the point-of-view of a racehorse, and broadcast more than once around the world. 

'A number of pieces in this collection -- both fiction and non-fiction -- have won awards in national competitions, been published in literary journals, newspapers and anthologies, and broadcast nationally.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Perth, Western Australia,: That's Entertaining , 2018 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 302p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 24 April 2018.
      ISBN: 9780994162540, 0994162545
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