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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Paper Daisies
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'It's December, 1900, and Berylda Jones is heading home to Bathurst for Christmas. Tragically, 'home' is where she and her beloved sister Greta live in terror, under the control of their sadistic Uncle Alec.

'But Berylda has a plan, borne out of desperation, to free herself and Greta from Alec for good - if she can only find the courage to execute it.

'Then, on New Year's Eve, just as Alec tightens his grip on the sisters, a stranger arrives at their gate - Ben Wilberry, a botanist in search of a particular native wildflower, with his friend, the artist Cosmo Thompson.

'Ben is oblivious to what depravity lies beyond this threshold and what follows is a journey that will take him and Berylda, and Greta and Cosmo, out to the old gold rush town of Hill End in search of a means to cure evil and a solution to what seems an impossible situation.

'Against the tumultuous backdrop of Australian Federation and the coming of the Women's Vote, Paper Daisiesis a story of what it means to find moral courage, of a crime that must be committed to see justice done and a sweet love that flourishes against the odds.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Millthorpe, Blayney area, Blayney - Cowra - Grenfell area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,: Jazz Monkey Publications , 2018 .
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      Extent: 456p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 9th January 2018
      ISBN: 9781925579277, 9781925579284
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books , 2021 .
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      Extent: 398p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 12th October 2021
      ISBN: 9781922598103 (pbk)

Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.
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  • Bathurst, Bathurst area, Bathurst - Orange area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
  • 1900
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