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y Chain of Hearts single work novel young adult

Author:agent Maureen McCarthy

Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Chain of Hearts

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"At seventeen, Sophie is a mess. Her best friend is dead and her boyfriend has gone. She's dropped out of school, sleeps through the day, eats all night and refuses to see anyone. Her family has had enough. But Sophie is about to embark on the strangest journey of her life. It will take her back into her family's past, back to the origins of the bitter rift between her mother and her Aunt Fran, to her Uncle Jimmy and the Vietnam War, and finally to the girl in the painting and the story haunting all their lives." (Source: Publisher's website)

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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has references to the Vietnam War and Vietnamese people.

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[Review] Chain of Hearts Jennifer Riggs , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 40)
— Review of Chain of Hearts Maureen McCarthy , 1999 single work novel

Maureen McCarthy Jo Goodman , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 3-4)

Pastoral Tradition Dorothy Johnston , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 218 2000; (p. 44)
— Review of Chain of Hearts Maureen McCarthy , 1999 single work novel

Paperbacks Debra Adelaide , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 January 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Chain of Hearts Maureen McCarthy , 1999 single work novel ; Penguin Australian Summer Stories 2 2000 anthology short story extract

[Review] Chain of Hearts Fran Knight , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 14 no. 5 1999; (p. 39)
— Review of Chain of Hearts Maureen McCarthy , 1999 single work novel

Sketching the Teen Psyche Alison Walsh , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 November 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Chain of Hearts Maureen McCarthy , 1999 single work novel

Almost an Australian Maeve Binchy on a Hellish Teenager Frank O'Shea , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 5 December 1999; (p. 18)
— Review of Chain of Hearts Maureen McCarthy , 1999 single work novel ; Syrup : A Novel Maxx Barry , 1999 single work novel

Family Sagas Across the Gap of Time Dianne Dempsey , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 December 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of Chain of Hearts Maureen McCarthy , 1999 single work novel ; The Time It Rained Fish Philomena Van Rijswijk , 1999 single work novel

Maureen McCarthy Jo Goodman , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 3-4)

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