| Description |
ix, 270 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Justina Williams, The music in grandma' s bones - Simone Lazaroo, Tremors - Pat Malcolm, Growing up - A.B. Facey, A proposition - Sally Morgan, Rather peculiar pets - Adriana Ellis, Holding back the moments - Marion Campbell, Milk bar - Vasso Kalamarar, The fence - Elizabeth Jolley, A gentleman's agreement - Terri-Ann White, Blood dries up - Bill Marks, A man's world - Alice Nannup, Radio theatre: Geraldton 1950 - Kenneth Gasmier, At Ern and Ada's - Charles Court, Don't let it go to your head - Pat Jacobs, Two women - Elizabeth Backhouse, Love - Faye Davis, In the kitchen |
| Summary |
When Helen Plathe sets out along the Barwon River path for her first day at Highlands woollen mill, she is following in the footsteps of her mother, her uncle, and her grandfather. Inside Highlands' tall black gates, Helen is initiated into an extraordinary world and discovers its secret history |
| Notes |
Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1998 shortlist |
| Subject |
Women textile workers -- Fiction.
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Women textile workers -- Australia -- Fiction.
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Wool industry -- Fiction.
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Wool industry -- Australia -- Fiction.
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Wool industry -- Australia -- Victoria -- Geelong -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100473
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Author |
Wakefield Press.
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| LC no. |
97159052 |
| ISBN |
9781862544086 (paperback) |
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