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'Where do all the old pop stars go? Sometimes they become parents...When an old film clip of her mother and father dressed in satin disco gear is aired on national television, Marie Harker nearly dies of embarrassment. But with the band's re-formation, Marie begins to realise that her parents' stories about their past are full of inconsistencies. Skeletons start tumbling out of the cupboard and Marie learns things about her past she would rather not have confronted.' (Back cover blurb).
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to Maria (BCR) Letters, another member of the Countdown generation.
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Epigraph: When I walk down the street, See the people who stop and stare And say haven't I seen the face somewhere A long time ago...Take a look at me I'm Yesterday's Hero. Harry Vanda & George Young, 'Yesterday's Hero', 1975.
It's hard not being a star any more. The facade drops away, and the television drops away, and people forget...I liked being a celebrity, I liked signing autographs. I played the game. When that falls away...You don't know who you are any more. Keith Lamb, former lead singer of Hush, 'Glad All Over', 1993.
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1996
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review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 35)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
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1995
single work
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 10 no. 4 1995; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 39 no. 4 1995; (p. 36)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 3 no. 4 1995; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
Fast Forward Gangly Hero
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 174 1995; (p. 64)
— Review of Stepping on Mussels 1995 single work novel ; Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel
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Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 10 no. 4 1995; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 35)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
Fast Forward Gangly Hero
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 174 1995; (p. 64)
— Review of Stepping on Mussels 1995 single work novel ; Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 3 no. 4 1995; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 39 no. 4 1995; (p. 36)
— Review of Yesterday's Heroes 1995 single work novel
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