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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Time Out for Living
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'It's not everyday of the week that a girl from Muckadilla comes to Brisbane to join the Navy, but it's World War II and Lulla Riddel can see herself in those Navy whites. However, she promptly discovers that they can't use short-sighted strawberry blondes, so it's just as well the Brisbane Manpower Committee can...

'While lacquering hand grenades in a munitions factory is far from Lulla's dream, she soon meets the warm hearted Janet and practical Peggy on the factory floor. The three friends are young and ready for fun in the charged atmosphere of war-time Brisbane, where high adventure is only a tram-fare away. Servicemen are pouring into town, and the old rules don't apply - there's no time for courtships, but there's certainly time for romance. Lulla secretly prefers one infuriatingly cocky Australian sailor, but that won't stop her enjoying some of the other handsome young men in town...' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to my dear companion and husband of so many wonderful years, author Peter Pinney. Thank you, Peter.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan , 1995 .
      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 2 February 2009.
      ISBN: 9780670072934

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

A City in Its Own Write Phil Brown , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6 - 12 May no. 733 2009; (p. 12-13)
War's End ... What Now? : The Second World War from a Woman's Point of View Estelle Pinney , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 3 no. 1 1996; (p. 83-87)
'‘War's End’ must of necessity be linked with war's beginning and the years between. The exodus from North Queensland to the south (mainly Brisbane) after the fall of Singapore, and the transition from a rural environment to city living, offers a unique insight into war's effect and aftermath from a woman's point of view. This exodus south, which swelled the ranks of women in a burgeoning industrial and martial clime, wrought enormous social upheavals never before experienced in living memory.' (Extract)
Untitled Adele Moy , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 157-160)

— Review of Time Out for Living Estelle Pinney , 1995 single work novel
Untitled Adele Moy , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 157-160)

— Review of Time Out for Living Estelle Pinney , 1995 single work novel
War's End ... What Now? : The Second World War from a Woman's Point of View Estelle Pinney , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 3 no. 1 1996; (p. 83-87)
'‘War's End’ must of necessity be linked with war's beginning and the years between. The exodus from North Queensland to the south (mainly Brisbane) after the fall of Singapore, and the transition from a rural environment to city living, offers a unique insight into war's effect and aftermath from a woman's point of view. This exodus south, which swelled the ranks of women in a burgeoning industrial and martial clime, wrought enormous social upheavals never before experienced in living memory.' (Extract)
A City in Its Own Write Phil Brown , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6 - 12 May no. 733 2009; (p. 12-13)
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