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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Murrumbidgee Kid
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'The small town of Gundagai in the 1930s is no place for the attractive and flamboyant Belle Carson and her young son, Teddy – particularly when she longs for him to achieve the success that eluded her on the stage and screen. Determined to pursue this dream, she abandons her husband and their Murrumbidgee River home for a more vibrant city life. But Belle’s obsession leads her and Teddy – whom the press christens ‘the Murrumbidgee Kid’ – into a world where nothing is safe or familiar. And from her carefully hidden past a threat soon emerges to make their precarious lives even more vulnerable . . .

'From rural Gundagai to the bright lights and shady underbelly of 1930s Sydney, this is a beautifully written and absorbing story about an unconventional family’s coming-of-age.'

Source : author's blurb

Notes

  • Dedication: To Marjorie, who is always there, from the first page.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2006 .
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      Extent: 424p.
      ISBN: 0670029777 (pbk.)
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , ca. 2007 .
      Extent: 424p.
      ISBN: 014300428X pbk.
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 436p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 31 August 2009

      ISBN: 9780140148060
    • Manly Vale, Manly - Allambie - Curl Curl area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: For Pity Sake Publishing , 2015 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: April 2015

      ISBN: 9780994332615

Other Formats

  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

[Review] The Murrumbidgee Kid Jean Doran , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 75-76)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
In Brief Steven Gome , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 62)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Off the Shelf Owen Richardson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 April 2006; (p. 28)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Take Three Ian McFarlane , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 12 March 2006; (p. 14)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Belle Letters from a Timeless Depression Simon Caterson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 February 2006; (p. 22)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Old-Fashioned Ocker Novel Lost the Plot Terry Oberg , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 - 5 February 2006; (p. 4)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
[Review] The Murrumbidgee Kid Mahina Drew , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 85 no. 7 2006; (p. 48)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 February 2006; (p. 14-15)

— Review of The List of All Answers : Collected Stories Peter Goldsworthy , 2004 selected work short story ; The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Belle Letters from a Timeless Depression Simon Caterson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 February 2006; (p. 22)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Take Three Ian McFarlane , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 12 March 2006; (p. 14)

— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid Peter Yeldham , 2006 single work novel
Last amended 9 Nov 2020 12:50:40
Settings:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Gundagai, Gundagai area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
  • 1930s
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