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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 In Moral Danger : A True Story
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'He was 42 and one of Australia's most successful criminal barristers.She was 14, a runaway with nowhere to go. She later learnt the barrister had paid her grandmother. She had been sold... So begins Barbara Biggs's inside account of the dark side of the permissive seventies. The episode is to haunt her for years. But it is only one part of an extraordinary family story told with black humour and unflinching honesty. At 13 she runs away from home for wayward girls. At 16 she admits herself to a psychiatric hospital. At 18 she escapes Cambodia as it falls to the Khmer Rouge. At 19 she is a prostitute in Japan. At 21 she threw unionism into chaos making headlines around Australia. And lives to tell the tale. This is it.'

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to my family / And to those who never learned to smile.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Australia,
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      Sly Ink ,
      2003 .
      Extent: xiii, 346 p.p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      ISBN: 0957912145
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Metro Publishing ,
      2004 .
      Extent: xvii, 346p.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 1843581213

Works about this Work

On the Road to Recovery Nick Miller (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: The West Australian , 31 July 2004; (p. 7)
Living in a Dead-End Street Samela Harris , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 May 2003; (p. 11)

— Review of In Moral Danger : A True Story Barbara Biggs , 2003 single work autobiography
Villain in a Horsehair Wig Andrew Rule , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 12 April 2003; (p. 31-35)
Untitled Karl Quinn , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 April 2003; (p. 5)
Free at Last to Laugh Renee Cutrupi , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 13 April 2003; (p. 45)
Living in a Dead-End Street Samela Harris , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 May 2003; (p. 11)

— Review of In Moral Danger : A True Story Barbara Biggs , 2003 single work autobiography
Free at Last to Laugh Renee Cutrupi , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 13 April 2003; (p. 45)
Untitled Karl Quinn , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 April 2003; (p. 5)
Villain in a Horsehair Wig Andrew Rule , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 12 April 2003; (p. 31-35)
On the Road to Recovery Nick Miller (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: The West Australian , 31 July 2004; (p. 7)
Last amended 30 Nov 2015 17:28:54
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • c
    Thailand,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • c
    Japan,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • c
    Cambodia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1956-1978
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