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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Gallipoli Street
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'An Anzac tale of three families whose destinies are entwined by war, tragedy and passion.

'At 17, Veronica O’Shay is happier running wild on the family farm than behaving in the ladylike manner her mother requires, and she despairs both of her secret passion for her brother’s friend Jack Murphy and what promises to be a future of restraint and compliance.

But this is 1913 and the genteel tranquillity of rural Beecroft is about to change forever as the O’Shay and Murphy families, along with their friends the Dwyers, are caught up in the theatre of war and their fates become intertwined.

'From the horrors of Gallipoli to the bloody battles of the Somme, through love lost and found, the Great Depression and the desperate jungle war along the Kokoda Track, this sprawling family drama brings to life a time long past… a time of desperate love born in desperate times and acts of friendship against impossible odds.

'A love letter to Australian landscape and character, Gallipoli Street celebrates both mateship and the enduring quality of real love. But more than that, this book shows us where we have come from as a nation, by revealing the adversity and passions that forged us.

'A stunning novel that brings to life the love and courage that formed our Anzac tradition.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Mira Books , 2015 .
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      Extent: 446p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication Date: March 1, 2015
      ISBN: 9781743692141
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Mira Books , 2016 .
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      Extent: 464p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st March 2016
      ISBN: 9781760373573

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

From the Fire of Gallipoli Mike Bruce , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 April 2015; (p. 19)

— Review of Gallipoli Street Mary-Anne O'Connor , 2015 single work novel
'Her grandmother's family tales backdropped by the Great War and beyond inspired debut novelist Mary-Anne O'Connor...'
From the Fire of Gallipoli Mike Bruce , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 April 2015; (p. 19)

— Review of Gallipoli Street Mary-Anne O'Connor , 2015 single work novel
'Her grandmother's family tales backdropped by the Great War and beyond inspired debut novelist Mary-Anne O'Connor...'
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