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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Song of the Bellbirds
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'From the steps of the Sydney Opera House came international acclaim . . . but at a price.

'All young Lizzy wants to do is sing, ride the boundaries of her family's Queensland property and dream of one day performing on stage. But when a freak storm hits the area, wreaking havoc and bringing tragedy, she swears never to sing another note.

'Lizzy, however, has a voice as uplifting as the pure beauty of the song of the bellbirds, and others are not quite so willing to let her remarkable talent go to waste. There is the loving but ambitious Sister Angelica, a natural teacher; the vibrant and dangerously attractive Maestro Leonard Rominski, whose charms Lizzy finds irresistible; and the irrepressible Gran, whose love sustains Lizzy through thrilling highs and crushing lows.

'But it is Lizzy alone who will ultimately decide if the price she must pay to sing is too high.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Jim, Patsy and Ellie with all my love.
  • Epigraphs:
    Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. - author unknown.
    Also includes the first verse of Henry Kendall's 'Bell-Birds'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • East Roseville, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Simon and Schuster Australia , 2000 .
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      Extent: 403p.
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      • Published: September 2000
      ISBN: 073181018X
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon When the Snow Gums Dance [and] Song of the Bellbirds Anne Rennie , Pymble : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2009 9893983 2009 selected work novel romance Pymble : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2009
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2013 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 February 2013
      ISBN: 9781742538310

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