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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Pear Tree Dance
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    y separately published work icon Woman in a Lampshade Elizabeth Jolley , Ringwood : Penguin , 1983 Z184287 1983 selected work short story Ringwood : Penguin , 1983 pg. 1-9
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    y separately published work icon Arrivals : Australian Short Story Anthology Ann Granat , Melbourne Ultimo : Brooks Waterloo , 1987 Z558005 1987 anthology short story Melbourne Ultimo : Brooks Waterloo , 1987 pg. 1-7
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    y separately published work icon An Australian Reader New York (City) : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1990 Z819630 1990 anthology New York (City) : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1990
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    y separately published work icon Scorched : Penguin Australian Summer Stories Camberwell : Penguin , 2004 Z1093499 2004 anthology short story extract essay autobiography Camberwell : Penguin , 2004 pg. 94-105
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    y separately published work icon Learning to Dance : Elizabeth Jolley : Her Life and Work Elizabeth Jolley , Caroline Lurie (editor), Camberwell : Viking , 2006 Z1259041 2006 selected work short story essay poetry autobiography extract prose

    'Elizabeth Jolley is one of Australia's most significant and best-loved writers, delighting readers with her acute observation of the world, her wicked humour, her compassion and her honesty. Learning to Dance brings together some of her most poignant short stories, essays and poems, and includes two formerly unpublished pieces. The recurring themes of her life and work are evident here: the complex relationships within families; homesickness and exile; intense love between women; the healing power of the land; the inevitability of loneliness; and the fragile nature of happiness.

    'Together, these writings form something close to an autobiography. Above all, they are a celebration of Elizabeth's rich life and work.' (Publication summary)

         Camberwell : Viking , 2006     pg. 209-218
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