AustLit logo

AustLit

image of person or book cover 5631693128811053207.jpg
Aust. Women's Weekly, 30 Sep. 1981, p.131
Joy Chambers Joy Chambers i(A11333 works by) (a.k.a. Carolyn Joy Chambers)
Born: Established: 16 Apr 1949 Ipswich, Ipswich area, South East Queensland, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 17 Sep 2023
c
Bermuda,
c
Americas,
Gender: Female
Expatriate assertion
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 2 y separately published work icon The Great Deception Joy Chambers , London : Headline Review , 2012 Z1891516 2012 single work novel mystery 'New South Wales, 1947: When Shelly Wareing's husband Cole vanishes into the night, leaving only a note to say that he will come back no matter how long it takes, Shelly is bewildered. What could be the reason for his sudden disappearance? Searching for clues, Shelly discovers a box containing Nazi medals, an SS ring and a photo of a radiantly beautiful woman signed for her husband. Determined to uncover the truth, she sets out to track down Laetitia de Witt, the woman pictured in the photograph. Meanwhile, halfway across the world, Cole is on his own mission for the truth - while his enemies, who believe him to be a traitor, are in close pursuit...' (Publisher's blurb)
1 4 y separately published work icon For Freedom Joy Chambers , London : Hodder Headline , 2006 Z1343506 2006 single work novel 'Joy Chambers' historical novel is an epic and dramatic story set in the Phillipines during the Second World War. It is a tangled story of two couples in love and war. In Hong Kong, before her marriage to John Drayton, Lexine has a night of passion with an American officer, which results in the birth of a baby boy. Letting her husband believe their son is his child, they him bring up together until the war interrupts their lives. Leaving home on a boat in a desperate attempt to escape the Japanese, Lexine and her family are shipwrecked. Believing she is the only survivor, she is distraught about the loss of her family. She sets up home in the Philipines and agrees to look after two orphaned children. Desperately trying to flee from the Japanese, she encounters the American officer once again and her past comes back to haunt her. Lexine's best friend, Kathleen also survives the shipwreck and is taken in by a vicious and cruel Japanese general. Even though she is a vulnerable prisoner of war, he strangely never leases his violence on her. The mysterious tangles between the characters is played out in dramatic and momentous style, resulting in a powerful conclusion.' Source: Libraries Australia.
1 1 y separately published work icon None But The Brave Joy Chambers , London : Hodder Headline , 2003 Z1031374 2003 single work novel historical fiction romance
1 y separately published work icon Vale Valhalla Joy Chambers , London : Hodder Headline , 1999 Z1671974 1999 single work novel historical fiction romance
1 1 y separately published work icon My Zulu, Myself Joy Chambers , London : Hodder Headline , 1995 Z10011 1995 single work novel historical fiction

'From the moment John Lockley saves the Zulu boy, Darlengi, from drowning they almost believe they are true brothers; born on the same day, never knowing their mothers, they spend their formative years together sharing a deep and abiding love for their country of South Africa. But when loves intervenes in the young men's lives, tragedy appears, and all they hold dear is threatened as they fight to maintain a relationship across cultures and a deeply divided nation.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Outback Joy Chambers , New York (City) : Ballantine Books , 1993 Z806014 1993 single work novel
1 3 y separately published work icon Mayfield Joy Chambers , London : Headline , 1992 Z89934 1992 single work novel historical fiction
X