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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 When the Night Comes
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'The hauntingly beautiful story of a young girl transformed by the power of kindness from award-winning author Favel Parrett.

'Running away from the mainland was supposed to make their lives better. But, for Isla and her brother, their mother's sadness and the cold, damp greyness of Hobart's stone streets seeps into everything.

'Then, one morning, Isla sees a red ship. That colour lights her day. And when a sailor from the ship befriends her mother, he shares his stories with them all - of Antarctica, his home in Denmark and life onboard. Like the snow white petrels that survive in the harshest coldest place, this lonely girl at the bottom of the world will learn that it is possible to go anywhere, be anything. But she will also find out that it is just as easy to lose it all.

'For Isla, those two long summers will change everything.

'Favel Parrett delivers an evocative and gently told story about the power fear and kindness have to change lives.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my brother.

  • Epigraph:

    Blue white ice that floats on a moving sea

    It is the opposite of grey

    It is the opposite of everything I had known.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2014 .
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      Extent: 256p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2014
      ISBN: 9780733626586; 9780733636448
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sceptre ,       2015 .
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      Extent: 260p.p.
      ISBN: 9781848548565, 1848548567
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Washington Square Press ,       2016 .
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      Extent: 247p.p.
      ISBN: 9781476796741, 1476796742
Alternative title: Der Himmel über uns
Language: German
    • Hamburg,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hoffmann und Campe ,       2015 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9783455813340, 3455813348
    • Munich,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Piper ,       2016 .
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      Extent: 272p.p.
      ISBN: 9783492309288, 3492309283
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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett Jan Hutchinson , Victoria : Centre for Adult Education , 2016 9496738 2016 single work criticism
y separately published work icon When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett Jan Hutchinson , Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2015 9463903 2015 single work criticism
Review : When the Night Comes 2015 single work
— Appears in: Kirkus Reviews , 15 February 2015;
— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel
Teller of Frosty Fables T. M. A. Graham , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2014; (p. 24-26) Victorian novelist Favel Parett talks to Tim Graham about the spinechilling streets of Hobart, ships that are loved like humans and the importance of rhythm in writing. '
Well Read Katharine England , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 September 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel ; Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
Review : When the Night Comes Dave Little , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 23)
— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel
Doomed Ship a Vessel of Hope for Neglected Kids Delia Falconer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 August 2014; (p. 18-19)
— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel
When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett Review – in Awe of Antarctica Nicole Lee , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 26 August 2014;
— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel
Lean Look at the Loneliness and the Lure of the Ice From Out of the Ice, a Deft Tale of Childhood Peter Pierce , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 August 2014; (p. 26-27) The Canberra Times , 30 August 2014; (p. 23) The Age , 30 August 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel
The Gift of Broken Dreams Fiona Purdon , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 September 2014; (p. 18)
— Review of When the Night Comes Favel Parrett , 2014 single work novel 'The Danish Antarctic supply ship Nella Danwas a part of Favel Parrett's life as she grew up in Hobart but it was its unhappy ending that inspired the Miles Franklin finalist's second novel...'
Interview : Favel Parrett Favel Parrett Goes to Sea Jason Steger , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 August 2014; (p. 26-27) The Canberra Times , 23 August 2014; (p. 19) The Age , 23 August 2014; (p. 24) 'The writer follows her Miles Franklin-shortlisted first novel with a story of siblings, the ocean, a great Dane and a very special ship.'
Favel Perrett Matthew Wengert , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: One Page : Brisbane 2014; (p. 17)
Teller of Frosty Fables T. M. A. Graham , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2014; (p. 24-26) Victorian novelist Favel Parett talks to Tim Graham about the spinechilling streets of Hobart, ships that are loved like humans and the importance of rhythm in writing. '
y separately published work icon When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett Jan Hutchinson , Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2015 9463903 2015 single work criticism
y separately published work icon When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett Jan Hutchinson , Victoria : Centre for Adult Education , 2016 9496738 2016 single work criticism
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