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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance
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'A young adult novel set in 1938 about an eighteen-year-old crippled girl's account of the love affair between a recent migrant to Melbourne and her twin sister, with the boy entrancing everyone about them, except for narrator Lilbet who suspects that he might not be all that he seems.' (Source: The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008)

Notes

  • Dedication: For David, and with many thanks to Hazel Edwards, Jennifer Dabbs, Vashti Farrer, Ruth Mushin and Ruth Alexander

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Briar Hill, Watsonia - Greensborough - Plenty area, Melbourne - Northeast, Melbourne, Victoria,: Indra Publishing , 2003 .
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      Extent: 233p.
      ISBN: 095787359X (pbk.)
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      Alternative title: Lilbet's Romance
      Extent: 217p.p.
      ISBN: 095787359x

Works about this Work

Fictionalising History for Young Readers Goldie Alexander , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 15-16)
Historical-Based Fiction : Recreating Past Lives Goldie Alexander , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2007; (p. 31)
Untitled Rae Radford , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 14)

— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance Goldie Alexander , 2003 single work novel
Doorways into Other Times Goldie Alexander , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 3)
Old-Style Story Fails to Excite Lee Kofman , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 30 April vol. 70 no. 31 2004; (p. 24)

— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance Goldie Alexander , 2003 single work novel
Such Limits have Already Been Well and Truly Tested Hamilton Smith , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 January 2004; (p. 4a)

— Review of The Anatomy of Truth Kate Wild , 2003 single work novel ; Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance Goldie Alexander , 2003 single work novel
Body and Soul by Goldie Alexander Anna Beth McCormack , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 2004; (p. 36)

— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance Goldie Alexander , 2003 single work novel
Old-Style Story Fails to Excite Lee Kofman , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 30 April vol. 70 no. 31 2004; (p. 24)

— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance Goldie Alexander , 2003 single work novel
Untitled Rae Radford , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 14)

— Review of Body and Soul : Lilbet's Romance Goldie Alexander , 2003 single work novel
Recreating Past Lives Goldie Alexander , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 11 no. 4 2003; (p. 9-10)
Doorways into Other Times Goldie Alexander , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 3)
Historical-Based Fiction : Recreating Past Lives Goldie Alexander , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 28 October 2007; (p. 31)
Fictionalising History for Young Readers Goldie Alexander , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 15-16)
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