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y separately published work icon Tears of the Moon single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Tears of the Moon
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'Broome, Australia, 1893: It's the wild and passionate heyday of the pearling industry, and when young English bride Olivia Hennessy meets dashing pearling master Captain Tyndall, their lives are destined to be linked by the mysterious power of the pearl. Sydney, Australia, 1995: Lily Barton embarks on a search for her family roots which leads her to Broome. But her quest for identity reveals more than she could have ever imagined.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Prequel to Kimberley Sun.
  • Dedication: In memory of all those claimed by the sea ...
  • Author's note: According to Indian mythology it is believed that pearls are formed by the tears of the moon dropping into the sea ...

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Macmillan , 1995 .
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      Extent: 495p.
      Description: illus., map
      Note/s:
      • Illustrated by Ron Revitt.
      ISBN: 0732908337
Alternative title: Tranen des Mondes: der gross Australien-Roman
Language: German
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  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
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y separately published work icon Kimberley Sun Di Morrissey , Sydney : Macmillan (Pan Macmillan Australia) , 2002 Z990900 2002 single work novel romance

'Lily Barton is beautiful, adventurous and 50-something. She is looking for a complete life change. Sami, her daughter, is 30, driving alone through the outback and finally, reluctantly, confronting her family roots. Together they are swept into a world where legends, myths and reality start to converge. Those who come into their orbit bring stories that change each of them. From Farouz, the old Afghan camel driver, to Bobby, the Chinese/Aboriginal man who is tangled in the murder of a German tourist, to Biddy, the survivor from Captain Tyndall and Olivia's era...and who is the mysterious artist hiding in the desert? All have a secret and all have a story to tell until each finds their place under the Kimberley sun.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work

Australians and the Pacific Rim : The Contested Past in the Popular Fiction of Di Morrissey Rebecca Ling , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 2 no. 2 2013; (p. 211-220) 'Former print and television journalist Di Morrissey is Australia's biggest-selling writer of popular fiction. Her novels incrementally construct an Australia re-shaped for the new century through the interplay of significant social forces and demographic shifts. Her imaginary also places Australian culture within a global network of affiliations generated by the colonial and imperial past, as well as by more recent strategic alliances, and encompasses some of the darker elements of Australia's collective inheritance. The critical reception of Morrissey's work, however, has hitherto been scant and dismissive. Yet the Pacific Rim novels - Tears of the Moon, Scatter the Stars, Kimberley Sun, Monsoon, and The Plantation - can be read within perspectives afforded by dark tourism research and theories of cognitive dissonance, revealing that they subvert widely received understandings of Australia's relationships within the Pacific region and constitute a subliminal force for public education.' (Author's abstract 211)
Cover Notes 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 29 July 1996; (p. 25)
— Review of Tears of the Moon Di Morrissey , 1995 single work novel
Oz History in a Trio of Yarns Helen Elliott , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 January 1996; (p. 10)
— Review of The Budd Family Bruce Grant , 1995 single work novel ; Clancy's Crossing Evan Green , 1995 single work novel ; Tears of the Moon Di Morrissey , 1995 single work novel
Writer Strives to Show Her Serious Side Mark Naglazas , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 May 1996; (p. 6)
Frogs Inspire an Author's March Bron Sibree , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 July 1996; (p. 20)
Oz History in a Trio of Yarns Helen Elliott , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 January 1996; (p. 10)
— Review of The Budd Family Bruce Grant , 1995 single work novel ; Clancy's Crossing Evan Green , 1995 single work novel ; Tears of the Moon Di Morrissey , 1995 single work novel
Rich Pickings Terry O'Connor , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 November 1995; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Tears of the Moon Di Morrissey , 1995 single work novel
Cover Notes 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 29 July 1996; (p. 25)
— Review of Tears of the Moon Di Morrissey , 1995 single work novel
Australians and the Pacific Rim : The Contested Past in the Popular Fiction of Di Morrissey Rebecca Ling , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 2 no. 2 2013; (p. 211-220) 'Former print and television journalist Di Morrissey is Australia's biggest-selling writer of popular fiction. Her novels incrementally construct an Australia re-shaped for the new century through the interplay of significant social forces and demographic shifts. Her imaginary also places Australian culture within a global network of affiliations generated by the colonial and imperial past, as well as by more recent strategic alliances, and encompasses some of the darker elements of Australia's collective inheritance. The critical reception of Morrissey's work, however, has hitherto been scant and dismissive. Yet the Pacific Rim novels - Tears of the Moon, Scatter the Stars, Kimberley Sun, Monsoon, and The Plantation - can be read within perspectives afforded by dark tourism research and theories of cognitive dissonance, revealing that they subvert widely received understandings of Australia's relationships within the Pacific region and constitute a subliminal force for public education.' (Author's abstract 211)
Frogs Inspire an Author's March Bron Sibree , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 July 1996; (p. 20)
Writer Strives to Show Her Serious Side Mark Naglazas , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 May 1996; (p. 6)
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Last amended 19 Jun 2020 11:47:49
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
  • Perth, Western Australia,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1890-1999
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