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y separately published work icon Heart Country single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Heart Country
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'After seven years on the road with her family, Kerry McGinnis is tired of the wandering life and yearns for a proper home. When her father, the irascible but loveable Mac, buys a property in Queensland's Gulf Country, it seems like she might have found one.

'But not everything goes smoothly. In their struggle to make a go of things, the McGinnis family encounters fire, flood, a three-metre python, and other, human obstacles. Sian, the eldest son, is at loggerheads with his father, while Mac soon develops itchy feet. And Kerry and her sister Judith discover that life in a man's country is far from easy. At a time when young women are expected to settle down and have a family, Kerry must make some difficult decisions about love, marriage and her passionate desire to write.

'Full of exuberance, humour and courage, this sequel to Kerry McGinnis's highly successful Pieces of Blue is an uplifting account of life in a land of incredible beauty and harsh demands.' (Publication summary)

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    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2001 .
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      Extent: 312p.
      Description: 1 map.
      ISBN: 0670899216
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y separately published work icon Pieces of Blue Kerry McGinnis , Ringwood : Viking , 1999 Z1037329 1999 single work autobiography

'At the age of six, Kerry McGinnis loses her mother. Her father, left with four young children to raise, gathers up his family and leaves the city to go doving. For the next fifteen years, the McGinnis clan travels the continent, droving, horse breaking and living off the land. Kerry grows up in the harsh outback, and the animals that inhabit the land are her closest friends.

'With the memory of her absent mother ever present, Kerry begins her difficult journey into young womanhood.' (Publication summary)
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Honest Showcase of Hard-Won Arrogance Kathy Hunt , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2001; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Heart Country Kerry McGinnis , 2001 single work autobiography
Honest Showcase of Hard-Won Arrogance Kathy Hunt , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2001; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Heart Country Kerry McGinnis , 2001 single work autobiography
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