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Sara Knox Sara Knox i(A66313 works by) (a.k.a. Sara L. Knox)
Born: Established: 1962 Wellington, Wellington (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Ghosts Sara Knox , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , December vol. 25 no. 2 2019; (p. 230-232)
1 Untitled Sara Knox , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , 1 March vol. 37 no. 1 2013; (p. 136-137)
— Review of On Dangerous Ground : A Gallipoli Story Bruce Scates , 2012 single work novel
1 On the Nearness of Distant Things Sara Knox , 2008 single work essay
— Appears in: Heat , no. 16 (New Series) 2008; (p. 165-182) Sara Knox details the research behind Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety and her own book, The Orphan Gunner.
1 8 y separately published work icon The Orphan Gunner Sara Knox , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2007 Z1440085 2007 single work novel war literature

'The Orphan Gunner is an unconventional romance set in bomber command in Lincolnshire during the Second World War.

Evelyn and Olive grew up together in the Canabolas Valley near Orange. They are in England at the outbreak of war: Evelyn as a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary, Olive in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. They're joined by Evelyn's brother Duncan, a novice gunner in Lancaster L-Love, flying bombing raids over Germany.

The raids take their toll on the crew, and the two women are drawn into a plot involving disguise and mistaken identity, to get the exhausted Duncan out of service.

The Orphan Gunner explores the seductions of passing, the licence granted by risk, and the selflessness - and selfishness - of sacrifice. The relationship between the two women is portrayed with subtlety and warmth, and an extraordinary sense of historical detail which brings its wartime setting vividly to life. (Publisher's blurb)

1 A Lucky Woman i "She arrives at the Club", Sara Knox , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 14 no. 1 1988; (p. 83)
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