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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Noon Lady of Towitta
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'Bertha Schippan, beautiful but headstrong daughter of a Wendish-German family, is murdered on New Year's Day, 1902. A posse of Adelaide police arrive at the family's lonely Murray Flats farm thirty-six hours later, but by the time an Aboriginal tracker can start his work, a gale has blown all clues away. An inquest sends her elder sister Mary to trial. But why would she kill Bertha when everyone knew them as loving companions?

The Noon Lady of Towitta, a novel based on real events, entwines fact and folktale to delve into the secrets of a family haunted by its past and ruled by a devout and tyrannical father.' (Wakefield Press website)

Notes

  • Dedication:

    for
    Roger Andre,
    who made this novel possible.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2010 .
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      Extent: 171p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 15th October 2010
      ISBN: 9781862549418 (pbk.)

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Untitled Samela Harris , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 January 2011; (p. 29)

— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta Patricia Sumerling , 2010 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 34)

— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta Patricia Sumerling , 2010 single work novel ; Nowhere Man John M. Green , 2010 single work novel
High Noon on a Deathbed Anna Creer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 23)

— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta Patricia Sumerling , 2010 single work novel
High Noon on a Deathbed Anna Creer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 23)

— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta Patricia Sumerling , 2010 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 34)

— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta Patricia Sumerling , 2010 single work novel ; Nowhere Man John M. Green , 2010 single work novel
Untitled Samela Harris , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 22 January 2011; (p. 29)

— Review of The Noon Lady of Towitta Patricia Sumerling , 2010 single work novel
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