Carol Birch Carol Birch i(A17986 works by)
Born: Established: 1951 Manchester,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Two Tribes Carol Birch , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian , 8 December 2012; (p. 12)
— Review of That Deadman Dance Kim Scott , 2010 single work novel 'Carol Birch on an impressionistic look at Australian history: That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott'
1 y separately published work icon Scapegallows Carol Birch , London : Virago , 2007 Z1457824 2007 single work novel historical fiction New South Wales, 1817. Margaret Catchpole is stranded at a settler's homestead as the floodwater draws in, and she finds herself facing death - as she has several times before. She looks back over her life - the complex and stormy partnership with Will Laud, a 'hell-born-babe', that led her into the world of smuggling and in to a double life. After Will is forced to flee the country, Margaret is taken on as a nursemaid by the wealthy Cobbold family, but a crime against them means she is tried and sentenced to hang. She avoids death but when an elaborate gaol escape fails, Will is shot dead and Margaret captured. Sentenced once more to hang, she looks death full in the face. But she doesn't die. Her sentence is transmuted to transportation for life to Australia. The novel explores a deeply divided society. Ironically, by reaching the lowest depths and being cast out by the society which spawned her, Margaret finds her true role as an independent pioneer in a young colony. (Publisher's blurb)
1 Weaver's Tales Carol Birch , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 19 June no. 4968 1998; (p. 26)
— Review of The Chosen David Ireland , 1997 single work novel
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