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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 A Woman's War
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'Rosie is not alone in her growing apprehension towards Australia's involvement in a war. Like many mothers, she feels helpless as her sons are swayed by the relentless pull of "mateship" and are lured by the sense of "adventure" awaiting them in another continent. While yearning for news from them in Northern France, Rosie grapples with the changing reality that war is placing on women on the home front. Women are increasingly the fabric of the community and Rosie shoulders her share of responsibility with grinding work at the factory. She also discovers women working for a common cause at an industrious Red Cross parcel drive, converging at a controversial peace rally and embroiled in the conscription debate. Each has a story to tell.

'A Woman's War takes us into the life of a mother during the Great War. It provides a unique and intimate perspective of how she and other women of her inner-city, working class community endured an incredibly difficult period of Australia's history and exemplified to future generations how to face hardship. This poignant and insightful story reveals tribulations and tragedies not talked about the generations of women who followed them.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication:

    To the women, particularly the mothers,

    who farewelled the men they loved

    Who are the heroes that fight your war

    Mothers who have no say

    Though she never went to the war,

    She was the hero by far they gave a gun

    But who gave a son,

    M.O.T.H.E.R.

    –An extract from Don't Take my Darling Boy Away

    Written by Will Dillon 1915

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Glen Waverley, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Sid Harta Publishers , 2009 .
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      Extent: iii, 269p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 October 2009
      ISBN: 9781921642043 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

[Review] A Woman's War Peter Christiansen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 18 no. 3 2010; (p. 24-25)

— Review of A Woman's War Jacqueline Dinan , John Dinan , 2009 single work novel
[Review] A Woman's War Heather Haskett , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 49)

— Review of A Woman's War Jacqueline Dinan , John Dinan , 2009 single work novel
[Review] A Woman's War Heather Haskett , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 49)

— Review of A Woman's War Jacqueline Dinan , John Dinan , 2009 single work novel
[Review] A Woman's War Peter Christiansen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 18 no. 3 2010; (p. 24-25)

— Review of A Woman's War Jacqueline Dinan , John Dinan , 2009 single work novel
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