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1 Down on the Wharf Family Dramas Are Stirring Catherine Dyson , 2008 extract biography (Swing by Sailor)
— Appears in: The Age , 30 December 2008; (p. 8)
1 y separately published work icon Swing by Sailor Catherine Dyson , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2007 Z1415505 2007 single work biography 'Autumn 1946. The reverberations of the Second World war were still being felt around the world, and hundreds of war brides were about to board the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, bound for England. They were leaving their families and their country to be reunited with their british husbands - the sailors and airmen who had been based in Australia, and had won their hearts. Swing By, Sailor is the true story of the voyage, told by the women who were once these young brides. They talk about Australia before and during the war, and the challenge of adjusting to a very different life in the UK, about dancing at the Trocadero, beauty pageants on the ship, homesickness, fear, and falling in love.' - back cover
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