Victoria Roberts Victoria Roberts i(A47874 works by) (a.k.a. Victoria Jane Roberts)
Born: Established: 1957
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon After the Fall Victoria Roberts , Victoria Roberts (illustrator), New York (City) : W. W. Norton , 2012 Z1926561 2012 single work novel young adult

'After the Fall introduces us to a brilliantly eccentric family from New York’s Upper East Side. Pops, a self-made millionaire, is a mad inventor who gleans his inspiration from popovers and Raquel Welsh. Mother is a fabulously dressed but mercurial socialite from Buenos Aires whose weapon of choice is a croquet mallet. Young Alan, our earnest and studious narrator, and his drama-queen little sister, Alex, love their parents but must turn to their good-natured housekeeper and cook for a better sense of reality.

'One fateful day, Alan returns home to find that the family has gone bust, not even a penny to be found. The next morning, to the children’s surprise, the family wakes up in Central Park along with the entire contents of their penthouse arranged just as before—art, furniture, pugs, and all. Aided by their two loyal housekeepers and fed by the maitre d’ from their favorite restaurant, the family makes Central Park into a comfortable and creative home.

'But soon the strains of life—and the weather, which is getting chilly—threaten to tear apart the parents’ marriage. As the holiday season approaches, the children rise to the challenge of bringing their family back together.

'With more than two hundred drawings and featuring kimono-clad squirrels and a visit by a Yeti, this delicious tale is a love letter to family, creativity, and New York.'

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1 2 y separately published work icon Little Sister Moya Sayer-Jones , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1999 Z119414 1988 single work autobiography humour
1 y separately published work icon Koalas in Beeoria Victoria Roberts , Victoria Roberts (illustrator), Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1990 Z1393149 1990 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Just Look Out the Window : Superstitions : Odd Beliefs and Possibly the Truth about the Weather and Your Fortune Nancy Keesing , Ringwood : Penguin , 1985 Z138537 1985 selected work prose humour '...this book contains all sorts of verbal delights in its selection of folklore, ancient superstition and strange beliefs from different cultures all over Australia.' (Back cover)
1 1 y separately published work icon Mrs Bottle Burps Robyn Archer , Melbourne : Nelson , 1983 Z836434 1983 single work picture book children's
1 Legs Elizabeth Dean , 1983 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , vol. 1 no. 4 1983; (p. 47-55) Arrivals : Australian Short Story Anthology 1987; (p. 52-61) Writing from Australia 1994; (p. 15-24)
1 1 y separately published work icon Town Tales : Poems Tony Lintermans , Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1981 Z836224 1981 selected work poetry children's
1 y separately published work icon The Maitland and Morpeth String Quartet i "It all began with Mrs. Flynn,", Nick Enright , Victoria Roberts (illustrator), Hunters Hill : David Ell , 1980 Z168209 1980 single work poetry humour
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