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'Doctor's daughter and feminist housewife always does her best to please until one of the books "czars" overplays his hand and she begins to move towards a precarious but exhilarating autonomy.' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Most Important Man in Narramundi, single work short story (p. 1-8)
- The Pea Princess and the Monsters from Outer Space, single work short story (p. 9-18)
- Good Girl, single work short story (p. 19-60)
- Regards to the Czar, single work short story (p. 61-68)
- Helen and Hitler, single work short story (p. 69-86)
- Nothing Happened, single work short story (p. 87-105)
- Induced and Abandoned : The Story of an April Fool, single work short story (p. 106-143)
- A Lesson from the Idol, single work short story (p. 135-144)
- A Small Degree of Guilt, single work short story (p. 145-154)
- No Child of Mine, single work short story (p. 155-160)
- How Literature Enhanced My Life : A Romance, single work short story (p. 161-186)
Includes
-
A Lesson from the Idol
1987
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Summer 1987/8 no. 2 1987; (p. 47-54) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 135-144) -
How Literature Enhanced My Life : A Romance
1985
single work
short story
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 45 no. 1 1985; (p. 24-43) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 161-186) -
The Most Important Man in Narramundi
1988
single work
short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 1-8) -
The Pea Princess and the Monsters from Outer Space
1988
single work
short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 9-18) Shrieks : A Horror Anthology 1993; (p. 4-12) -
Good Girl
1988
single work
short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 19-60) -
Regards to the Czar
1986
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Magazine , 29-30 March 1986; (p. 7) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 61-68) Wilder Shores : Women's Travel Stories of Australia and Beyond 1992; (p. 217-222) -
Helen and Hitler
1988
single work
short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 69-86) -
Nothing Happened
1985
single work
short story
— Appears in: Room to Move : The Redress Press Anthology of Australian Women's Short Stories 1985; (p. 77-91) Eclipsed : Two Centuries of Australian Women's Fiction 1988; (p. 470-485) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 87-105) -
Induced and Abandoned : The Story of an April Fool
1988
single work
short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 106-143) -
A Small Degree of Guilt
1988
single work
short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 145-154) -
No Child of Mine
1988
single work
short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 155-160)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
The Ailing Body : Women, Medical Discourse and Power in Margaret Coombs's 'The Best Man for this Sort of Thing'
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Jamming the Machinery : Contemporary Australian Women's Writing 1998; (p. 59-74) -
Fiction as Cultural Criticism : A Conversation with Margaret Coombs
Robyn Gardner
(interviewer),
1992
single work
interview
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 44 1992; (p. 116-136) -
The Expectations of a `Good Girl' from the Country
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 18 October vol. 58 no. 7 1991; (p. 14)
— Review of The Best Man for this Sort of Thing 1990 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story -
Powerful Readings and Impotent Endings : The Trial of Helen Diamond
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Body Lines : A Women's Anthology 1991; (p. 74-81) -
The Little Golden Book of Patriarchy : Regarding Magaret Coombs' First Novel
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hermes 1991; (p. 19-25)
-
The Christmas Bundle
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December vol. 3 no. 12 1988; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; Matilda at the Speed of Light : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1988 anthology short story criticism ; Running Up a Dress : A Mother and Daughter Dialogue 1988 single work drama ; Save Me, Joe Louis 1988 selected work autobiography ; That Fierce Virgin 1988 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story ; The Ticket in Tatts 1988 single work novel -
Fiction Notes
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring no. 4 1989; (p. 115-119)
— Review of North Wind 1982 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story ; Quickening and Other Stories 1989 selected work short story ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story ; The Woman at the Window 1989 selected work short story ; The Shipwreck Party 1989 selected work short story ; The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; The Glass Whittler and Other Stories 1988 selected work short story ; The Hanged Man in the Garden 1989 selected work short story -
Welcome Return to Good Short Stories
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 January 1989; (p. 6)
— Review of Save Me, Joe Louis 1988 selected work autobiography ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story -
Truth, or Fiction?
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 10-11 September 1988; (p. 10)
— Review of Dear You 1988 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story -
The Expectations of a `Good Girl' from the Country
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 18 October vol. 58 no. 7 1991; (p. 14)
— Review of The Best Man for this Sort of Thing 1990 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story -
The Ailing Body : Women, Medical Discourse and Power in Margaret Coombs's 'The Best Man for this Sort of Thing'
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Jamming the Machinery : Contemporary Australian Women's Writing 1998; (p. 59-74) -
The Little Golden Book of Patriarchy : Regarding Magaret Coombs' First Novel
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hermes 1991; (p. 19-25) -
Powerful Readings and Impotent Endings : The Trial of Helen Diamond
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Body Lines : A Women's Anthology 1991; (p. 74-81) -
Fiction as Cultural Criticism : A Conversation with Margaret Coombs
Robyn Gardner
(interviewer),
1992
single work
interview
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 44 1992; (p. 116-136)
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