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y separately published work icon Fatima single work   novella   young adult  
Is part of In Between Maureen McCarthy , 1987 series - author novella novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Fatima
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

This novella contains references to all four characters (Angie, Alex, Saret and Fatima) from the televison series on which it is based but is centred around the life of Fatima, a Turkish-Australian girl living in a highrise apartment in Melbourne. Fatima struggles against the restrictions imposed on girls in the Turkish community and wants to be able to gain an education. (Source: From the book)

Notes

  • Adaptation based on an episode of the four part SBS television series In Between.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains Turkish characters.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1987 .
      image of person or book cover 1077578396987633103.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 79p.
      ISBN: 0140101780
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon In Between Maureen McCarthy , Ringwood : Penguin , 1998 Z62928 1998 single work novel young adult Four adolescents from different ethnic backgrounds which include Turkey, Macedonia and Cambodia, struggle to cope with the challenge of parents, school, friendships and life in general in multicultural Australia. (Source: LibrariesAustralia) Ringwood : Penguin , 1998 pg. 3-81

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Untitled 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 31 no. 2 1987; (p. 56-57)

— Review of Fatima Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Saret Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Angie Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Alex Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella
Moving to the Centre : 'In Between': the books Serge Liberman , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Fatima Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Angie Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Alex Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Saret Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella
Urban Limbo of Four Cultures Fiona Adolph , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 March 1987; (p. 13)

— Review of Angie Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Saret Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Fatima Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Alex Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella
Urban Limbo of Four Cultures Fiona Adolph , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 March 1987; (p. 13)

— Review of Angie Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Saret Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Fatima Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Alex Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella
Moving to the Centre : 'In Between': the books Serge Liberman , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Fatima Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Angie Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Alex Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Saret Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella
Untitled 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 31 no. 2 1987; (p. 56-57)

— Review of Fatima Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Saret Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Angie Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella ; Alex Maureen McCarthy , 1987 single work novella
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