Christopher Morgan Christopher Morgan i(A96656 works by)
Born: Established: 1956 ;
Gender: Male
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1 7 y separately published work icon Currawalli Street Christopher Morgan , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2012 Z1828581 2012 single work novel

'We all have secret lives. And we are all pretty good at keeping them secret.

'With simplicity and great beauty, Currawalli Street reveals the echoes between past and present through the story of one ordinary street and its families, from the pre-war innocence of early 1914 to the painful and grim consequences of the Vietnam War.

'In 1914, Thomas, the young rector, questions his faith and falls in love; his sister Janet, a dutiful spinster, hides a surprising secret; and their neighbour, Rose, is burdened with visions of the coming hell. In 1972, Jim, a soldier fresh from Vietnam, returns home to Currawalli Street to find that death has a way of seeping in everywhere; Patrick, looked after by his elderly wife, Mary, can't relinquish his former identity; and always there is the boy up in the tree, watching them all and keeping note.

'In only three short generations, working horses and wagons are lost to cars, wood-fired ovens are replaced with electric stoves, and the lessons learned at such cost in the Great War seem forgotten. But despite all the changes, the essential human things remain: there will always be families and friends reaching out for connection; people will always have secrets to keep hidden from view; and desire and love are as inevitable as war and violence.

'Deep, rich and satisfying, Currawalli Street links families and neighbours, their lovers and friends, in a powerful and moving dance through time.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 y separately published work icon Pirates Drive Buses Christopher Morgan , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2007 Z1424901 2007 single work children's fiction children's
1 3 y separately published work icon Pirates Eat Porridge Christopher Morgan , Melbourne : Allen and Unwin , 2006 Z1340708 2006 single work children's fiction children's humour
1 4 y separately published work icon The Island of Four Rivers Christopher Morgan , Melbourne : Scribe , 2006 Z1284492 2006 single work novel humour 'The Davis family has been brought together by a crisis. Bill "Crabby" Davis, the family patriarch, is desperately ill in hospital, felled by a stroke, and kept alive only by medical technology. His embittered and passive wife Dot, his pedantic son Henry, and long-estranged daughter Eleanor must decide together when and how to end his life. Meanwhile, another narrative stirs and begins to assert itself, as intrepid explorer Crabby Davis ranges like a true swashbuckling Victorian gentleman through the wilds of the South Pacific, keeping a vivid diary as he goes. As the latter-day plight of the dysfunctional Davis family becomes more comically revealing under the pressure of having to make life-and-death decisions, and Henry discovers, astonishingly, the transforming power of love, so does the voyage of Crabby Davis become increasingly fantastical, until the parallels in the two narratives become impossible to ignore. When Crabby embarks on a final incredible quest to the source of the four rivers on his island, the voyage of the larger-than-life explorer and Bill Davis' final journey towards death dramatically intersect.' (Publisher's blurb)
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