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When her father invites a family of strangers along on their usual summer holiday at Ardilla, Jen feels that the magic of the house is threatened, and she must come to terms with her unhapppiness and confusion as she leaves her childhood rituals behind.
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Also published in Denmark in 1993 (unsighted).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The People: Family Life Versus Individualism
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 121-136) -
Gillian Rubinstein and Her Women
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 113-124) Minchinton examines the stereotyped portrayals of women (particularly mothers) and girls in Rubinstein's novels and questions if perhaps her representations stem from Rubinstein's own childhood experiences of abandonment, grief and loss. In particular, Minchinton addresses Rubinstein's idealised 'earth Mother' as a counterpoint to the harshly portrayed 'working' and 'absent' mothers and asks a pertinent question: ' where does the story end and the personal pain begin?' (113). Minchinton observes a slight progression in Rubinstein's body of work towards a more rounded representation of womanhood and female sexuality, however overall, she argues that Rubinstein's characters '...may as well be heroes [as] they are not specifically female at all' (122). -
Defining experience'
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Growing Point , April no. 30 1992; (p. 5660-5661)
— Review of At Ardilla 1991 single work novel -
'Annual awards of the Children's Book Council: Judges' report'
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 July 1992; (p. C11)
— Review of At Ardilla 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 6 no. 2 1991; (p. 34)
— Review of At Ardilla 1991 single work novel
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 3 1991; (p. 31)
— Review of At Ardilla 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 6 no. 2 1991; (p. 34)
— Review of At Ardilla 1991 single work novel -
Insights into Growing Pains
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 March 1991; (p. rev 4)
— Review of Dodger 1990 single work children's fiction ; At Ardilla 1991 single work novel -
Deceptively Simple from Gillian Rubinstein
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 March 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of At Ardilla 1991 single work novel -
Elegy for the Golden Days
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , June vol. 3 no. 2 1991; (p. 23-24)
— Review of At Ardilla 1991 single work novel -
The People: Family Life Versus Individualism
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 121-136) -
Gillian Rubinstein and Her Women
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 113-124) Minchinton examines the stereotyped portrayals of women (particularly mothers) and girls in Rubinstein's novels and questions if perhaps her representations stem from Rubinstein's own childhood experiences of abandonment, grief and loss. In particular, Minchinton addresses Rubinstein's idealised 'earth Mother' as a counterpoint to the harshly portrayed 'working' and 'absent' mothers and asks a pertinent question: ' where does the story end and the personal pain begin?' (113). Minchinton observes a slight progression in Rubinstein's body of work towards a more rounded representation of womanhood and female sexuality, however overall, she argues that Rubinstein's characters '...may as well be heroes [as] they are not specifically female at all' (122).
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