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The title of this autobiography was chosen because Mollie Skinner, after spending much time in a darkened room with bandaged eyes due to an ulcerated cornea, thought of herself as the fifth sparrow (Luke 12:6) - 'a poor, befeathered, blinded little bird yet still having joyful life, ability to fly, to sing, to preen, to pick up crumbs and drink and to find fellowship with my kind'.
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Published posthumously.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Understanding Mollie's India : Exploring Texts, Co-Texts and Contexts of Letters of a V.A.D. and Tucker Sees India
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 65-80) -
Guns 'n' Roses : Mollie Skinner's Intrepid Great War Fictions
1999
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 59 no. 1 1999; (p. 105-121) -
Mollie Skinner, Quaker Spinster and `The Witch of Wellaway'
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Time to Write : Australian Women Writers 1890-1930 1993; (p. 200-217) -
Constructions of the Self : Mollie Skinner
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 17 no. 1 1991; (p. 79-87) -
The Fifth Sparrow
1977-1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Womanspeak , December-January vol. 3 no. 4 1977-1978; (p. 29)
— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography 1972 single work autobiography
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The Fifth Sparrow
1977-1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Womanspeak , December-January vol. 3 no. 4 1977-1978; (p. 29)
— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography 1972 single work autobiography -
The Writer and the Nurse
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 January 1973; (p. 19)
— Review of The Boy in the Bush 1924 single work novel ; The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography 1972 single work autobiography -
Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 January 1973; (p. 8)
— Review of The Boy in the Bush 1924 single work novel ; The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography 1972 single work autobiography -
Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December vol. 11 no. 1972; (p. 36-37)
— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography 1972 single work autobiography -
Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 16-22 December 1972; (p. 295)
— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography 1972 single work autobiography -
Understanding Mollie's India : Exploring Texts, Co-Texts and Contexts of Letters of a V.A.D. and Tucker Sees India
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 65-80) -
Guns 'n' Roses : Mollie Skinner's Intrepid Great War Fictions
1999
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 59 no. 1 1999; (p. 105-121) -
Mollie Skinner, Quaker Spinster and `The Witch of Wellaway'
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Time to Write : Australian Women Writers 1890-1930 1993; (p. 200-217) -
Constructions of the Self : Mollie Skinner
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 17 no. 1 1991; (p. 79-87)
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