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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Ballad of Siddy Church
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When Eadie Wilt disappears during the flood, everyone thinks she has drowned. But Siddy Church's granddaughter has more life to live in a household filled with stories and larger-than-life characters. (Publisher blurb)

Notes

  • Epigraph: Whence came I and on what wings that it should take me so long, humiliated and exiled to accept that I am myself. (Collette, The Vagabond).
  • The author's lengthy acknowledgements state in part : This is a work of fiction influence by real lives. It also quotes Vita Sackvill West's statement to Virginia Woolf : No character in fiction is ever wholly fictitious.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Spinifex Press , 1997 .
      Extent: 261p.
      ISBN: 1875559612 (pbk)

Works about this Work

The Poetry of Aunties Roslyn Gross , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (What's On) , 15 March vol. 64 no. 23 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
True Fever Julie Hunt , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 149 1997; (p. 93-94)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel ; The Wild Reply Emma Lew , 1997 selected work poetry
The Poetry of Aunties Kathleen Mary Fallon , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 43-44)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
A Wonderful Life, Filled with the Poetry of Aunties Lesley Beasley , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 May 1997; (p. C10)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
Abused and Beaten Tegan Bennett Daylight , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 May 1997; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Plains of Promise Alexis Wright , 1997 single work novel ; The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
Abused and Beaten Tegan Bennett Daylight , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 May 1997; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Plains of Promise Alexis Wright , 1997 single work novel ; The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
A Wonderful Life, Filled with the Poetry of Aunties Lesley Beasley , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 May 1997; (p. C10)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
The Poetry of Aunties Kathleen Mary Fallon , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 43-44)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
True Fever Julie Hunt , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 149 1997; (p. 93-94)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel ; The Wild Reply Emma Lew , 1997 selected work poetry
The Poetry of Aunties Roslyn Gross , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (What's On) , 15 March vol. 64 no. 23 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of The Ballad of Siddy Church Lin Van Hek , 1997 single work novel
Last amended 31 Jan 2008 12:44:02
Subjects:
  • Country towns,
  • Gippsland, Victoria,
Settings:
  • 1939-1998
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