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'The story of two women living very different, heroic lives in two very different Australias.
'Jess, circus-raised, is a stunt-rider who can outride any man. In the early days of film she finds her calling, playing wild outlaw women who answer to no one. However, when her Chinese circus-owner husband is killed she is left pregnant and vulnerable and, after suffering the cruellest betrayal of all, she finds herself closer to the outlaw's life than she had ever imagined.
'Rose goes to Australia from England in the 1950s, in search of a new life. But neither the new country nor motherhood is what she had expected and, very quickly, she finds herself estranged from those she loves, incarcerated and terrified. Yet Rose is strong, and she will manage not only to save herself, but also to shed new light on Jess's story in a moving and deeply satisfying way.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For my mother, who made it home. And, as always, for Richard.
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Epigraph: If we could embrace, even in the house of the dead, we might gladden each other in our icy grief. Homer, The Odyssey.
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Epigraph: The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.- Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Outlaw Odyssey
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 21 no. 1 2007; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
Australian Literature
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 27 July vol. 5 no. 110 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 - 25 June 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
[Review] Captain Starlight's Apprentice
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 May vol. 124 no. 6522 2006; (p. 69)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
World's Turned Upside Down
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 July 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel
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Take Three
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 25 June 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
World's Turned Upside Down
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 July 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
[Review] Captain Starlight's Apprentice
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 May vol. 124 no. 6522 2006; (p. 69)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 - 25 June 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel -
Australian Literature
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 27 July vol. 5 no. 110 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of Captain Starlight's Apprentice 2006 single work novel
Awards
- 2007 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita Kibble Literary Award
- 1900-1999