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'Close family bonds among individuals who are not blood-related are explored here in three works of Australian award-winning children's author Eleanor Spence. Although written in 1967, 1969, and 1982, Spence created narratives with authentic Australian contexts around what is currently acknowledged as evotypical families. These books support the education of Australian young people in developing progressive views of family formation and realizing the significance of family bonds that go beyond blood relatives.' (Introduction)
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Blood Doesn't Define Evotypical Families: Eleanor Spence's Stories of Informal and Formal Foster Care in Australia
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Subjects:
- Another October Child : Recollections of Eleanor Spence 1988 single work autobiography
- Jamberoo Road 1969 single work children's fiction
- The Left Overs 1982 single work children's fiction
- The Switherby Pilgrims 1967 single work children's fiction
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