The Murrumbidgee kid / Peter Yeldham.
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TextPublication details: Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Books, c2007Description: 424 p. ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 014300428X (pbk.); 9780143004288 (pbk.)Subject(s): 1929 | Mothers and sons -- Fiction | Depressions | Mothers -- Family relationships | Australian fiction | Australian fiction | Mothers -- Family relationships -- Fiction | Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Fiction | AustraliaGenre/Form: Bildungsromans. | Historical fiction. | Fiction. DDC classification: A823.3 Summary: "Belle longs for her young son, Teddy, to achieve the success that eluded her on the stage and screen. Determined to pursue this dream, she abandons her devoted 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 . . . "--Publisher description (http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780143004288, viewed Sept. 17, 2007)
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F YEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AL42100046833B |
Australian fiction.
First edition published by Penguin Group (Australia) in 2006.
"Belle longs for her young son, Teddy, to achieve the success that eluded her on the stage and screen. Determined to pursue this dream, she abandons her devoted 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 . . . "--Publisher description (http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780143004288, viewed Sept. 17, 2007)
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