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One Christmas Knitting single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 One Christmas Knitting
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Memories of Childhood : A Collection of Reminiscences Lee White (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1978 Z819845 1978 anthology short story poetry Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1978 pg. 63-74
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Woman in a Lampshade Elizabeth Jolley , Ringwood : Penguin , 1983 Z184287 1983 selected work short story Ringwood : Penguin , 1983 pg. 118-129
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Learning to Dance : Elizabeth Jolley : Her Life and Work Elizabeth Jolley , Caroline Lurie (editor), Camberwell : Viking , 2006 Z1259041 2006 selected work short story essay poetry autobiography extract prose

    'Elizabeth Jolley is one of Australia's most significant and best-loved writers, delighting readers with her acute observation of the world, her wicked humour, her compassion and her honesty. Learning to Dance brings together some of her most poignant short stories, essays and poems, and includes two formerly unpublished pieces. The recurring themes of her life and work are evident here: the complex relationships within families; homesickness and exile; intense love between women; the healing power of the land; the inevitability of loneliness; and the fragile nature of happiness.

    'Together, these writings form something close to an autobiography. Above all, they are a celebration of Elizabeth's rich life and work.' (Publication summary)

    Camberwell : Viking , 2006
    pg. 87-99
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Summer Days : Stories from Childhood Ray Coffey (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1999 Z95151 1999 anthology short story autobiography extract Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2007 pg. 221-242
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