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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Celtic Stone
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'Chris Norman's dreams of being a commercial pilot are shattered when he crashes his light plane in central Australia and is badly wounded. His life hangs in the balance, a balance that is swayed by the intervention of an Aboriginal man. He leaves Chris with a mysterious and incongruous legacy, a Celtic cross made of stone. Partly blinded and in deep grief at no longer being able to fly, Chris finds his way to the inhospitable islands off the West Coast of Scotland where he seeks to unravel the secrets of the Celtic stone. A blind Hebridean woman, shunned by many in the local community, becomes his reluctant ally, along with a seven year old boy who is as wild as the storm tossed seas that surround the islands. But violence remains and Chris must overcome his grief to find answers to his questions. But the threat of murder lingers ...' (Publisher's blurb)

Exhibitions

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Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Partial and profound blindness.
    Type of character Primary and secondary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Capalaba, Redland area, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,: Wombat Books , 2013 .
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      Extent: 270p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 November 2013
      ISBN: 192163264X, 9781921632648

Awards

2014 winner CALEB Prize Fiction
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