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'The small town of Gundagai in the 1930s is no place for the attractive and flamboyant Belle Carson and her young son, Teddy – particularly when she longs for him to achieve the success that eluded her on the stage and screen. Determined to pursue this dream, she abandons her husband and their Murrumbidgee River home for a more vibrant city life. But Belle’s obsession leads her and Teddy – whom the press christens ‘the Murrumbidgee Kid’ – into a world where nothing is safe or familiar. And from her carefully hidden past a threat soon emerges to make their precarious lives even more vulnerable . . .
'From rural Gundagai to the bright lights and shady underbelly of 1930s Sydney, this is a beautifully written and absorbing story about an unconventional family’s coming-of-age.'
Source : author's blurb
Notes
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Dedication: To Marjorie, who is always there, from the first page.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Murrumbidgee Kid
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 75-76)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
In Brief
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 62)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
Off the Shelf
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 April 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
Take Three
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 12 March 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
Belle Letters from a Timeless Depression
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 February 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel
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Old-Fashioned Ocker Novel Lost the Plot
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 - 5 February 2006; (p. 4)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
[Review] The Murrumbidgee Kid
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 85 no. 7 2006; (p. 48)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
Other Voices
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 February 2006; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The List of All Answers : Collected Stories 2004 selected work short story ; The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
Belle Letters from a Timeless Depression
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 February 2006; (p. 22)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel -
Take Three
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 12 March 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of The Murrumbidgee Kid 2006 single work novel
Awards
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Gundagai, Gundagai area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
- 1930s