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Is part of Convict Girls Deborah Challinor , 2012 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Girl of Shadows
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'1830: Convict girls Friday Woolfe, Harriet Clarke and Sarah Morgan have been settled in Sydney for almost a year. Sarah has been assigned to jeweller Adam Green, Harriet is a maid for the Barrett family, and Friday is working as a prostitute in a brothel. Each of them is struggling to forget the brutal crime they committed.

'But their fate is no longer theirs to control. Vicious underworld queen Bella Jackson holds the girls’ futures in the palm of her hand, biding her time until she exacts payment for what she knows about their misdeeds - payment that will ruin them.

'Harriet, racked with guilt and slowly losing her mind, is convinced that their lost friend is haunting them, and while Friday succumbs to the bottle, Sarah has to fight for everything she holds dear. Once again, the girls must join forces to save one of their own. But which one?

'And in the background Bella Jackson waits and watches …' (Source: Curtis Brown website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney South, South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2013 .
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      Extent: 496p.
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      • Published December 2013
      ISBN: 9780732292997 (paperback) :, 9780730493716 (ebook : epub) :
    • Sydney South, South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2014 .
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      Edition info: 2nd edition
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2014
      ISBN: 9780732293000

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Convict Girls Alesha Evans , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , December/January 2013; (p. 22-24)
'Newcastle novelist DEBORAH CHALLINOR takes readers back to the grim times of our convict ancestors as she chats with ALESHA EVANS about her new novel, Girl of Shadows.'
Convict Girls Alesha Evans , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , December/January 2013; (p. 22-24)
'Newcastle novelist DEBORAH CHALLINOR takes readers back to the grim times of our convict ancestors as she chats with ALESHA EVANS about her new novel, Girl of Shadows.'
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