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Margaret Sutherland Margaret Sutherland i(A22715 works by)
Born: Established: 1941 Auckland, Auckland (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1986
Heritage: New Zealander
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1 y separately published work icon A New England Romance Margaret Sutherland , 2013 6890118 2013 single work novel romance

Three lives are disrupted when Martin Ainsworth, a disgraced English teacher, retreats to his New England hometown of Armidale, in Australia. Martin plans a reflective spell while he pulls his life into shape but this is overturned when he accidentally meets Annie Marshall, his first love all those years ago. Now she is a wife and mother. But Annie has a secret.
1 y separately published work icon A Quintessential Love Affair Margaret Sutherland , United States of America (USA) : Margaret Sutherland , 2012 6892698 2012 selected work prose romance

A collection of this New Zealand-born author’s work during her years in Australia. Memoir, new short stories and reprints, and extracts from four Australian-set novels, form a sampler of her characteristic empathy, compassion and humour.
1 y separately published work icon Leaving Gaza Margaret Sutherland , Victoria : Trafford , 2007 Z1444165 2007 single work novel The respective birthplaces of the two main characters in this book are Newcastle, Australia and the war-torn settings of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Can there be two more different women than Ruth, the vibrant Israeli writer and migrant who grew up amid gunfire, grenades and sudden death, and Barbara, quietly married for many years and still living and painting in her home town? (Source: Author web site http://www.margaretsutherland.com sighted 15/11/07)
1 y separately published work icon The Sea Between : A Trans-Tasman Story Margaret Sutherland , 2006 Z1444135 2006 single work novel historical fiction Growing up in Wellington during the unsettled years of the First World War, Dot Butler is deserted by her father when she is eleven. At eighteen, following a spiritual impulse to seek safe and lasting love, she enters the convent. But her vocation fails.When her health breaks down, she find herself, a misfit, back in the changing world of the 20s. In Sydney, where she joins her mother and relations, Dot tries various careers and samples the flappers' idea of a good time. Her longing for romance leads her into disappointing one-sided attachments until, working in St.Vincents' as a trainee nurse, she meets Chas, an English seaman in hospital with malaria, and their impulsive courtship becomes a headlong marriage. Five Years on, it is 1933, in the depths of the Depression. Work is scarce and money is short. Dot, restless as ever and now a mother, persuades her husband to take the family back to New Zealand. Still living in her fantasy of escape into perfect love, Dot sees home as a safe retreat. Instead, she finds conflict of every kind. Her brother is in jail, her unreliable, flirtatious sister is making eyes at Chas, and her mother is ageing and sick. Dot must face her worst fear and meet the father who walked away without even saying goodbye. The fear and anger she feels towards him fades and she learns he is not the villain she has imagined. Their reconciliation frees her to re-examine her own life and her future course as a mature woman.(Source: Author web site http://www.margaretsutherland.com sighted 15/11/07)
1 y separately published work icon Is That Love? Margaret Sutherland , Dangar : Catchfire Press , 1999 Z519866 1999 selected work short story The reader meets hopeful lovers in many guises. Some love passionately or hopelessly while others follow the quiet path of duty and long term commitment. Not all can win the prize, but they may earn a glimpse of understanding that will stay with them forever. (Source: Author web site http://www.margaretsutherland.com/ sighted 14/11/07)
1 The City Far from Home Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 143-151)
1 Old Campaigners Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 125-142)
1 Loving Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 114-124)
1 John Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 101-113)
1 Windsurfers Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 78-84)
1 Two Fijian Stories : The Teacher Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 73-77)
1 Two Fijian Stories : The Mother Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 70-72)
1 Dark Places, Deep Regions Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 40-69)
1 A Letter from the Dead Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 30-39)
1 Drowning Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 15-29)
1 The Rose Arbour Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 1-8)
1 Particular Friends Margaret Sutherland , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Speaking with the Sun : New Stories from Australian and New Zealand Writers 1991; (p. 145-157) The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 85-100)
1 4 y separately published work icon The City Far from Home Margaret Sutherland , Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1991 Z265618 1991 selected work short story travel They are leaving home for many reasons - holiday-makers and honeymooners, missionaries, young people working overseas, the sick and the elderly forced from their homes by increasing dependence. Their destinations are varied; cruise ships, international hotels, colourful Pacific ports, drab institutions. Alone, they must take their personal crises to the inner city of the self, and their paths lead through self-discovery to acceptance and peace. (Source: Author web site http://www.margaretsutherland.com/ sighted 14/11/07).
1 Visitor's Book Margaret Sutherland , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 33 no. 1 1988; (p. 30-33) The City Far from Home 1991; (p. 9-14)
1 y separately published work icon The Fringe of Heaven : A Novel Margaret Sutherland , Owings Mills : Stemmer House , 1984 Z1443794 1984 single work novel

'Titirangi's bush is the setting where Olga, nonconformist, tender sprite, beguiling spirit, lives her own free life but unwittingly stifles others with love.'

Source: Author web site, http://www.margaretsutherland.com
Sighted: 15/11/07
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