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Patricia Barton Patricia Barton i(A24707 works by)
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Canada,
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Americas, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Canadian
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1 1 y separately published work icon Why God Hates Me : A Memoir Patricia Barton , Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2013 Z1919698 2013 single work autobiography 'Growing up poor, fatherless and unwanted in a small Canadian town in the 1950s, Patricia Barton had plenty be sorry about. Spitting out the host at her Holy Communion it seemed that she had even failed God. Shame on you You should be ashamed of yourself. I was ashamed. Ashamed of all the things I have done wrong and ashamed of all the things I should have done. Life was hard. I tried not to make mistakes. After years of abuse and neglect, Patricia ran away from home at the age of 13, searching for her father and a better life. Instead she finds herself in an orphanage, alone and abandoned again. Refusing to give up on her dreams, her persistence and passion for learning win her a scholarship. At 16, when released from the Home, she goes to live with her older sister in a tiny room. Life still has challenges but she is making her own way. Patricia's journey is a heart-warming and at times confronting. It is a series of adventures - picaresque, interesting and sometimes even bizarre - but through it all she never loses sight of her dreams. She wins a beauty contest, travels to Europe, becomes an actress and moves to Australia with her new husband where she becomes a successful model and furthers her education. Where she once seemed destined to be homeless and alone she has now built a fulfilling life in the Lucky Country with a dream home, opportunities and family of her own. A beautifully written and inspiring memoir, Why God Hates Me is the before and after story of a gutsy teenager who succeeds despite the odds. It is a story that shows what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own happiness and let hope and optimism shine through. It is a Cinderella story that has stood the test of time with the ultimate prize happiness!' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Mattaranka Springs, Northern Territory, 15 April 1998 i "I am 40 today", Patricia Barton , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 59 no. 2 1999; (p. 62)
1 'The Same Itch ...' : Poetry by Women in the 1890s Patricia Barton , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 165-180)
1 A Woman of Talent and Refinement Patricia Barton , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 132 1991; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Ada Cambridge : Her Life and Work 1844-1926 Audrey Tate , 1991 single work biography
1 Unspoken Thoughts : Background Patricia Barton , 1988 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Unspoken Thoughts 1988; (p. 145-178) Barton provides background information to accompany her edition of Cambridge's Unspoken Thoughts. A detailed account of the composition and publication of Unspoken Thoughts follows a brief biography. The reception of the volume is discussed and Barton stresses that awareness of the history of this text is important to an understanding of the culture of Melbourne in the 1880s.
1 Ada Cambridge : Writing for Her Life Patricia Barton , 1988 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: A Bright and Fiery Troop : Australian Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century 1988; (p. 133-150) Barton provides a brief biography and discusses the major themes that run through Cambridge's poetry and prose.
1 Ada Cambridge : Creative Roles - Fact or Fiction Patricia Barton , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Role Playing, Creativity, Therapy : A Joint Seminar of the English Department, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra and the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales 1987; (p. 33-46) Barton aims to ' construct a reading of ... [Cambridge's] later novels ... as explorations of women's roles', at the same time maintaining a 'clear distinction between conflicts expressed in Cambridge's writing and those she may have consciously experienced or resolved in her own life.'
1 Reopening the Case of Ada Cambridge Patricia Barton , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 13 no. 2 1987; (p. 201-209) Barton examines the revisions between Unspoken Thoughts and The Hand in the Dark and concludes that central to an undestanding of Cambridge's work is "the desire to reduce the importance of the conflict between fear of abandonment and thirst for freedom".
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