Martin Meader Martin Meader i(A56027 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon 24 Carrots Martin Meader , Myaree : Martin Meader , 2012 Z1929773 2012 single work children's fiction children's ' Lord Sneaky can have anything he wants - he owns a bank! When he tries to buy out the Smith family from their ancestral home, he finds his money is completely worthless. Trying every trick in the book to acquire the property, the crafty banker doesn't realise he's up against some magic carrots, a goose called Gladys and a family that's Awright! ' (Publisher's blurb)
2 4 form y separately published work icon Paradise Road David Giles , Martin Meader , Bruce Beresford , New York (City) : St. Martin's Press , 1997 Z1232465 1997 single work film/TV

Paradise Road is based on the true stories of hundreds of English, Australian, and American women imprisoned in Sumatra by the Japanese as the latter swept through South-east Asia in 1942.

The narrative begins with Japanese fighter planes sinking the ship on which the women are attempting to flee Singapore. The captured prisoners face extreme cruelty and hardship, and are forced to seek any means for survival. Two of the women, Adrienne Partier and Margaret Drummond, conceive the idea of forming a choir. Both are both trained musicians, and Margaret has memorised many scores. She writes them down in children's notebooks, and dozens of women, in constant danger of extreme punishment or even execution, conspire to practice surreptitiously. When the choir performs its first number, 'Largo' from Dvorak's New World Symphony, the voices transform the dense tropical air with sweet, haunting strains and the guards, who have come to break up the illegal gathering, sit and listen with awe.

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