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Gladys Pagendam Gladys Pagendam i(A108188 works by) (a.k.a. Gladys Mary Pagendam)
Born: Established: 1946 ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Frizzy's Rainbow Gladys Pagendam , Forest Lake : Gladys Pagendam , 2012 Z1933345 2012 selected work children's fiction children's 'Traumatised by life, Frizzy and Pekin, his lovable lame duck, wander into a rainbow and journey through a number of fantastic lands to prevent The Shaman of Shadows from usurping the Realms of Peace and Glory. Frizzy and Pekin learn they cannot leave the arc of the rainbow until Frizzy fulfils his purpose there. Toughened up by their adventures, they become a force to be reckoned with. Along the way they find kindly helpers whose patronage helps them destroy their evil pursuers and free other rainbow travellers imprisoned by the Gryphon. Frizzy gives up his only sure chance of getting home, in order to rescue a further group of lost souls. On his travels, magic, insight, joy, pain and humour, all combine to heal Frizzy's body and soul. But will his rainbow friends keep their word and ensure his safe return to his own world?' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Profile : Gladys Pagendam Gladys Pagendam , 2012 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Scope , September vol. 58 no. 8 2012; (p. 11)
1 1 y separately published work icon Compline Gladys Pagendam , Australia : Gladys Pagendam , 2012 Z1887257 2012 single work novel 'When a hip seventeen year old leaves the stomping Merseybeat scene, at the height of Beatlemania, to enter a convent, little does she know that her life as a nun would include a very unique relationship with George Harrison, the famous Beatle, with whom she would share some offbeat, compromising, and sometimes hilarious experiences. Compline is a retrospective story told from the viewpoint of Nan, a grandmother, who once was this nun. The Title is taken from the Book of Hours, which sets down the daily prayer rituals of a nun’s life. Compline is sung before retiring to bed, when the Grand Silence is imposed, symbolising those precious moments before the silence of death. Nan is dying and her three grown-up granddaughters want to know about her life. However, truth is elusive, and Nan's stories are far-fetched, especially those about her life as a nun, and her extraordinary relationship with George Harrison. Her children barely tolerate her stories, but when her granddaughters find evidence that some of her stories could be true, they begin to investigate further. Within the context of family life, involving fraught mother/daughter relationships, love affairs, crime, and ambitious attempts to solve global problems, the grandmother's inner world is explored, as is the ephemeral nature of memory, the meaning of truth, and the complexity of identity. In wrestling with these issues, the granddaughters become the guardians of her story. Compline is about confused mother/daughter relationships. It is about inter-generational empowerment and disempowerment. It is about hurts and resentments being reframed. It is about life happening.' Source: www.amazon.com/ (Sighted 13/09/2012).
1 y separately published work icon Sit beside the Gnomon Gladys Pagendam , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1986 Z1411919 1986 single work novel
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