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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Snatch
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On a trip overseas, a girl has her handbag snatched by thieves who escape on a scooter. The girl pursues the thieves, but eventually loses them. As the thieves examine her possessions, they wonder why she was so upset.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Goodbye and Hello : Sixteen Compelling Stories About Leaving and Arriving from Irish and Australian Authors Clodagh Corcoran (editor), Margot Tyrrell (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1992 Z26387 1992 anthology short story young adult

    'The pain of saying goodbye, the excitement of saying hello, the loss of old friends, the fresh faces and new opportunities of a different time and place. In this anthology of 16 stories from Ireland and Australia, the themes of saying hello and goodbye are explored.' (Publication summary)

         Goodbye and Hello     Ringwood : Penguin , 1992
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Taste of Cockroach Allan Baillie , Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 Z1192060 2005 selected work short story 'Here is a journey that begins with a shuddering disaster in the Himalayas, and ends with an ill-starred romance on Mars. In between are adventures down the rivers of Cambodia and Laos, battles with bulls in Australian country towns, encounters with French agents, freelance photography assignments, handbag-snatchers in Naples, thong-flingers in Rangoon, bread queues in Afghanistan, and more' (Source: back cover blurb). Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 pg. 115-124
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