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y separately published work icon Shadowed Days : Fragments of a Melbourne Boyhood single work   autobiography  
Is part of The Shadowed Days Trilogy Garry Kinnane , 2008 series - author autobiography (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Shadowed Days : Fragments of a Melbourne Boyhood
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'Garry Kinnane's haunting evocation of his boyhood in Melbourne in the 40s and 50s brings to life a struggling family. Frank and Thelma and their two boys, Garry and Ray, are always on the move - from Richmond to Mount Macedon, to North Melbourne, among the homeless in "Larundel", and finally to an uneasy life in Valentine Street.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Ron and Yvonne Bowden; honour to the valiant.

  • Epigraph:

    We, till shadowed days are done,

    We must weep and sing.

    —WH Auden

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Thornbury, Preston - Northcote area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Clouds of Magellan , 2008 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 237p.
      ISBN: 9780980298369 (pbk.)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Sunlight : The Shadowed Days Trilogy Garry Kinnane , Melbourne : Clouds of Magellan , 2020 21097652 2020 selected work autobiography

    'From wartime Melbourne to the Greek islands to Swinging London and Oxford, Garry Kinnane's trilogy of memoirs is now published in a single volume.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

         Melbourne : Clouds of Magellan , 2020
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Related Works

Valentine Street Garry Kinnane , 2009 single work extract
— Appears in: Stamping Ground : An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction Set in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne 2009;
y separately published work icon Fare Thee Well, Hoddle Grid Garry Kinnane , Melbourne : Clouds of Magellan , 2012 Z1929671 2012 single work autobiography 'In Fare Thee Well, Hoddle Grid, Garry Kinnane continues the story, begun in Shadowed Days, of a young man looking for his direction in life. Having left school early, Garry finds himself at twenty-one in danger of working forever as an insurance clerk in the city. But gradually he finds an escape route—through night classes in literature, the folk-revival, The Push, the attractions of a Bohemian life ...' (Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work

Haunting Reflections in Deep Shadows of Moods Ian McFarlane , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Unparalleled Sorrow : Finding My Way Back from Depression Barry Dickins , 2009 single work autobiography ; Shadowed Days : Fragments of a Melbourne Boyhood Garry Kinnane , 2008 single work autobiography
Trip Down Memory Lane Thuy On , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 February 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Shadowed Days : Fragments of a Melbourne Boyhood Garry Kinnane , 2008 single work autobiography
Trip Down Memory Lane Thuy On , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 February 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Shadowed Days : Fragments of a Melbourne Boyhood Garry Kinnane , 2008 single work autobiography
Haunting Reflections in Deep Shadows of Moods Ian McFarlane , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Unparalleled Sorrow : Finding My Way Back from Depression Barry Dickins , 2009 single work autobiography ; Shadowed Days : Fragments of a Melbourne Boyhood Garry Kinnane , 2008 single work autobiography
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Last amended 28 Feb 2017 12:59:35
Subjects:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
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