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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Certain Lives : The Tragedy and Triumph of Three Generations of Women
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'Spanning the century from 1830 to the First World War and the Great Depression comes this dramatic story of three generations of Australian women. Bestselling author Margaret Reeson evokes with warmth and insight the pain and progress, joy and tragedy of Anna, Mary and Grace – mother, daughter and granddaughter.

'Here is the stuff of real history – a giant canvas depicting the rich and varied lives of those who, despite great obstacles, turned survival into courage, sadness into contentment and confusion into certainty.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • A biographical novel evoking the lives of three generations of women settlers in Australia, and based on Anna Hicks, Mary Rootes and Grace Playford.
  • Author's note: In addition to primary and secondary sources, most sites described in the work were visited, photographs from a number of family collections were examined and oral history was gathered from family members through interviews and correspondence over a two year period.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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Albatross and Lion editions published simultaneously and reprinted in 1990.
    • Sutherland, Sutherland - Engadine area, Sutherland area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Albatross Books , 1989 .
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      Extent: 448p.
      Description: illus., geneal. tables, maps
      Note/s:
      • Bibliography: pp. 439-448.
      ISBN: 0867600861 (pbk.)
    • Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Lion ,
      1989 .
      Extent: 448p.
      Description: illus., geneal. tables, maps
      Note/s:
      • Bibliography: pp. 439-448.
      ISBN: 0745912974

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