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'Mrs Moses is a small woman with a big heart and enormous courage.
The only survivor of a Cossack raid on her village, she takes with her a big cast-iron frying pan, so heavy that she can only sling it over her back. Yet this is no ordinary frying pan – it's the Family Frying Pan, blessed with a Russian soul.
'From this frying pan Mrs Moses manages to feed the various refugees who are travelling with her across Russia to freedom. In return, each of the group must tell a story around the campfire at night – stories of compassion and bravery, of human frailty and, above all, of hope.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Includes recipes.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Kew,
Camberwell - Kew area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Heinemann
, 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Family Frying Pan, single work short story (p. 1-25, 241-243)
- The Family Frying Pan : Spring, single work prose (p. 26)
- The Family Frying Pan : Summer, single work prose (p. 27)
- The Family Frying Pan : Autumn, single work prose (p. 28)
- The Family Frying Pan : Winter, single work prose (p. 29)
- The Family Frying Pan : Evening, Somewhere in Russia, single work short story (p. 30-32)
- Such a Clever Little Mushroom, single work short story (p. 33-45)
- The Feast of Pearls, single work short story (p. 49-61)
- The Princess Tatiana and the Indian Myna Bird, single work short story (p. 65-89)
- The Banquet of Past Suffering and Future Joy, single work short story (p. 93-113)
- The Blacksmith with a Beluga Tongue, single work short story (p. 117-147)
- Miss Showbiz and the Death of Count Tolstoy, single work short story (p. 151-195)
- Cleopatra's Cat and the Letters from Egypt, single work short story (p. 199-235)
- To the Four Winds : The Twelve Lost Tribes of California, single work short story (p. 244-247)
- To the Four Winds : The Chickens Who Loved Tchaikovsky, single work short story (p. 248-251)
- To the Four Winds : A Hero of Leningrad, single work short story (p. 252-256)
- To the Four Winds : The Professor and Whacker's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, single work short story (p. 260-269)
- To the Four Winds : Lawrence of Arabia and the Bedouin's Cat Shoes, single work short story (p. 273-280)
- To the Four Winds : The Mechanic and the Maid from the Astra Hotel, single work short story (p. 281-289)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Fantabulous and Fantastic
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 April 1997; (p. rev 7)
— Review of The Family Frying Pan 1997 selected work short story prose ; American Dreams 1974 single work short story -
Recipe for Success
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 April 1997; (p. 11s)
— Review of The Family Frying Pan 1997 selected work short story prose -
Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 April 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of The Family Frying Pan 1997 selected work short story prose
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Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 April 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of The Family Frying Pan 1997 selected work short story prose -
Recipe for Success
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 April 1997; (p. 11s)
— Review of The Family Frying Pan 1997 selected work short story prose -
Fantabulous and Fantastic
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 April 1997; (p. rev 7)
— Review of The Family Frying Pan 1997 selected work short story prose ; American Dreams 1974 single work short story
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