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'Early one Sunday, the town of Molliston wakes to the news that a young bride is dead. The year is 1929. The Great War with Germany has been fought and won, but at an immense cost to the small community.
'Death is too familiar here. So many sons were lost. So many daughters would never be wives; so many grandchildren would never be born.
'Racial hatred is like a bushfire in the belly of some. And the dead girl is found only yards from the property of old Joe Reichenberg, a German. Tom Thompson, the local cop, lost his two sons in Gallipoli. He believes he has come to terms with his bereavement - until that Sunday.
Slowly, the true face of Molliston is exposed. By midnight, a full moon is offering its light - and a glimmer of hope.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: Dedicated to Yvonne Fitzmaurice, who offered me an idea.
To Dan, gold mine of oral history and long-winded yarns, and to Kay, Donna, Shani and Michelle, thank you. -
Epigraph: Moths in the moonlight, angel wings,
Wraith-like shapes, they flit and fade
Trapped by the moon waif's mystic glow,
Prey to a night bird's swooping raid. (Anne Perkins)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Take Three
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 2 April 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of One Sunday 2005 single work novel -
Other Voices
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 December 2005 - 1 January 2006 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of One Sunday 2005 single work novel ; The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand 2005 selected work autobiography ; The Earth is Hollow 1988 selected work prose -
Her Own Woman
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , November 2005; (p. 325) -
Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 November 2005; (p. 30)
— Review of One Sunday 2005 single work novel ; The Well of Tears 2005 single work novel
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Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 November 2005; (p. 30)
— Review of One Sunday 2005 single work novel ; The Well of Tears 2005 single work novel -
Other Voices
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 December 2005 - 1 January 2006 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of One Sunday 2005 single work novel ; The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand 2005 selected work autobiography ; The Earth is Hollow 1988 selected work prose -
Take Three
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 2 April 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of One Sunday 2005 single work novel -
Her Own Woman
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , November 2005; (p. 325)
- Victoria,
- 1929