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Alternative title: The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop : A Novel; The Black Dress
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years
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'Can you love someone when you can’t forgive them? Do you keep fighting for something you believe in when everyone is telling you you’re wrong?

'The Black Dress is the incredible story of Mary MacKillop – an unconventional young woman born into a time and a religion bound by convention.

'What Mary did with her life would change the course of Australia’s history.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Dog Books , 2005 .
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      Extent: 256p.
      ISBN: 1876372877
    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walker Books Australia , 2014 .
      ISBN: 9781925081008 (ebook : pdf), 9781742590028 (ebook : epub), 9781742590004 (ebook : prc)
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Works about this Work

Discarding the Disclaimer? Reappraising Fiction as a Mode of Biography James Vicars , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 20 no. 1 2016; 'While the biographical novel has created an openness to representing lives in fiction it is usually expected to provide a disclaimer certifying the work’s unreliability despite its potential for truth-telling and rich tools for writers wishing to tell the stories of real people. Even so, more serious attention to the historical novel since Lukács, the impact of the postmodern novel, plus the variety of published works that have adopted fictional strategies to tell lives over the last half century suggest this perspective is shifting. Using Ina Schabert’s seminal work on fictional biography as a scholarly reference point, this paper explores fiction’s biographical capacity, turning to published works and personal writing practice to try to reappraise the potential of fiction as a mode of biography.' (Publication abstract)
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion: or, Eduardo's Perpetual Locomotors Geoffrey Gates , 2005 single work novel ; The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Nicole Milner Chandler , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 27-28)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
The Black Dress Marie Quinn , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Helen Purdie , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 44-45)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
Young Adult Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 11 September 2005; (p. 21)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion: or, Eduardo's Perpetual Locomotors Geoffrey Gates , 2005 single work novel ; The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Helen Purdie , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 44-45)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
The Black Dress Marie Quinn , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Nicole Milner Chandler , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 27-28)
— Review of The Black Dress : Mary MacKillop's Early Years Pamela Freeman , 2005 single work novel
Discarding the Disclaimer? Reappraising Fiction as a Mode of Biography James Vicars , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 20 no. 1 2016; 'While the biographical novel has created an openness to representing lives in fiction it is usually expected to provide a disclaimer certifying the work’s unreliability despite its potential for truth-telling and rich tools for writers wishing to tell the stories of real people. Even so, more serious attention to the historical novel since Lukács, the impact of the postmodern novel, plus the variety of published works that have adopted fictional strategies to tell lives over the last half century suggest this perspective is shifting. Using Ina Schabert’s seminal work on fictional biography as a scholarly reference point, this paper explores fiction’s biographical capacity, turning to published works and personal writing practice to try to reappraise the potential of fiction as a mode of biography.' (Publication abstract)
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