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'A charming book of verse and original photographs taken by the author, describing Two Little Girls seeing the beautiful side of life.' 

Source: 'Just Published', The Argus, 31 Mar. 1945, p. 8.

'"Comes Freedom" tells of a young boy's sudden affliction with paralysis; his friendships, his loves, and his losses through the Second World War.

Glimpses of his childhood are seen through "flash-backs," in which his friends Michael and Merrow Lee are introduced. 

Michael's enlistment follows the outbreak of war. The tragedy of Merrow Lee's death by suicide, and its effect on the two friends is told with sympathy and sensitiveness.'

Source: 'Joan Kinmont's New Poem', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 22 Dec. 1945, p. 5.

'The poem tells, with sincerity and power, the story of a mother's love for her only son, through his childhood, enlistment in the R.A.A.F. and his death in the war.'

Source: '"This, My Son" Next Week', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 19 Sep. 1945, p. 6.

'This little reverie by a Tasmanian author tells of a young woman who sat before the fire and dreamed of her future. 'It doesn't do for anyone with an imagination like yours to stare into the fire too long,' warned her aunt, going on to bed. But Adrienne had a problem to solve— which of three men she would marry. Her manner of solving this problem In a resort to dreams has poetry, beauty and I charm.'

Source: 'Fantasy and Farce', Kilmore Free Press, 27 Feb. 1941, p. 1.

'The story of "Rising Mist" concerns the Trent family, comprising father, mother, son, daughter, and scapegrace nephew, Nicco, for whom Mrs. Trent has a soft spot in her heart. Gloria Grant, with whom the son, Robin, has fallen violently in love, comes on a visit to her fiance's family, and Nicco unexpectedly arrives shortly beforehand to beg "a bed, a loan of pyjamas, and a little rest from the wicked world."

Gloria is an adventuress with a not very fragrant past. Nicco knows this, and to save her from Robin, whom she does not love, he suggests to her that she shall marry him. Gloria, terrified at what Nicco may reveal, throws herself in front of Robin's car and is killed. Nicco refuses to open his lips in any explanation, and finally leaves the Trent household, misunderstood by all but Anne Trent, who, herself in love with him, intuitively understood his actions.'

Source: 'Chronicles of "Candida"', The Mail, 23 Sep. 1933, p. 2.