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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Only the Heart
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From the chaos and fear of post-war Saigon, and the terror of pirates on the open ocean, to the triumph and tragedy of a new life, Only the Heart is the story of Toan and Linh, and a family that endures the nightmare, in search of the dream. When logic says the dream is beyond your reach, only the heart knows the truth.

Notes

  • Companion volume to The Full Story.
  • Included in the 1998 White Raven's Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. Special mention; International understanding.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a number of Asian settings, with Vietnamese characters, and has been translated into Vietnamese.

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Alternative title: Chỉ có trái tim
Language: Vietnamese
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  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.
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y separately published work icon The Full Story Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2002 Z985174 2002 single work novel young adult 'From Saigon to Sydney, from Fremantle to the Blue Mountains. Three intensely emotional relationships begin to crumble in the present, under pressures from the secrets of the past. This is a modern love story - a compelling journey that peels away the superficial present to reveal the history that lingers at the core of who we are, and proves that we are the sum of all who love us. Even if we can never know the Full Story.'
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y separately published work icon Re-Visiting Historical Fiction for Young Readers : The Past through Modern Eyes Kim Wilson , New York (City) : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , 2011 Z1886683 2011 single work criticism 'This study is concerned with how readers are positioned to interpret the past in historical fiction for children and young adults. Looking at literature published within the last thirty to forty years, Wilson identifies and explores a prevalent trend for re-visioning and rewriting the past according to modern social and political ideological assumptions. Fiction within this genre, while concerned with the past at the level of content, is additionally concerned with present views of that historical past because of the future to which it is moving. Specific areas of discussion include the identification of a new sub-genre: Living history fiction, stories of Joan of Arc, historical fiction featuring agentic females, the very popular Scholastic Press historical journal series, fictions of war, and historical fiction featuring multicultural discourses.

Wilson observes specific traits in historical fiction written for children — most notably how the notion of positive progress into the future is nuanced differently in this literature in which the concept of progress from the past is inextricably linked to the protagonist's potential for agency and the realization of subjectivity. The genre consistently manifests a concern with identity construction that in turn informs and influences how a metanarrative of positive progress is played out. This book engages in a discussion of the functionality of the past within the genre and offers an interpretative frame for the sifting out of the present from the past in historical fiction for young readers.' (Publisher's blurb)
Reading and Viewing : Texts for Years 9 and 10 Deborah McPherson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 88-89)
— Review of Chenxi and the Foreigner Sally Rippin , 2002 single work novel ; Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel ; The Spare Room Kathryn Lomer , 2004 single work novel ; Jasper Jones Craig Silvey , 2009 single work novel
The Full Story - The Next Step on the Journey Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 11 no. 2 2003; (p. 6-7)
[Review] Only the Heart Moira Robinson , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 12 no. 3 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel
[Review] Only the Heart Laurie Copping , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 32)
— Review of Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel
[Review] Only the Heart Laurie Copping , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 32)
— Review of Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel
[Review] Only the Heart Moira Robinson , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 12 no. 3 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel
Reading and Viewing : Texts for Years 9 and 10 Deborah McPherson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 88-89)
— Review of Chenxi and the Foreigner Sally Rippin , 2002 single work novel ; Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel ; The Spare Room Kathryn Lomer , 2004 single work novel ; Jasper Jones Craig Silvey , 2009 single work novel
Flight from Vietnam Stephen Matthews , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 193 1997; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel
Teenage Fiction Stephen Matthews , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 September 1997; (p. C11)
— Review of Only the Heart Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 1997 single work novel ; Trinity Street Sally Odgers , 1997 single work novel ; Chasing after the Wind Dale Harcombe , 1997 single work novel
The Full Story - The Next Step on the Journey Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 11 no. 2 2003; (p. 6-7)
y separately published work icon Re-Visiting Historical Fiction for Young Readers : The Past through Modern Eyes Kim Wilson , New York (City) : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , 2011 Z1886683 2011 single work criticism 'This study is concerned with how readers are positioned to interpret the past in historical fiction for children and young adults. Looking at literature published within the last thirty to forty years, Wilson identifies and explores a prevalent trend for re-visioning and rewriting the past according to modern social and political ideological assumptions. Fiction within this genre, while concerned with the past at the level of content, is additionally concerned with present views of that historical past because of the future to which it is moving. Specific areas of discussion include the identification of a new sub-genre: Living history fiction, stories of Joan of Arc, historical fiction featuring agentic females, the very popular Scholastic Press historical journal series, fictions of war, and historical fiction featuring multicultural discourses.

Wilson observes specific traits in historical fiction written for children — most notably how the notion of positive progress into the future is nuanced differently in this literature in which the concept of progress from the past is inextricably linked to the protagonist's potential for agency and the realization of subjectivity. The genre consistently manifests a concern with identity construction that in turn informs and influences how a metanarrative of positive progress is played out. This book engages in a discussion of the functionality of the past within the genre and offers an interpretative frame for the sifting out of the present from the past in historical fiction for young readers.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Subjects:
Settings:
  • Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon),
    c
    Vietnam,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Rach Gia,
    c
    Vietnam,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Cabramatta, Fairfield area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • c
    Malaysia,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1970s
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