The secret world of Connie Starr, Robbi Neal
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The secret world of Connie Starr, Robbi Neal
Language
eng
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Literary Form
novels
Main title
The secret world of Connie Starr
Responsibility statement
Robbi Neal
Summary
Connie Starr was always a difficult child. Her mother knew as soon as Connie entered the world that day in Ballarat in 1934 and opened her lungs to scream, there was more chaos in the world than before and it wouldn't leave until Connie did. From the safety of a branch high in her lemon tree where she speaks to angels, she sees the world for what it is - a swirling mass of beauty and darkness, of trauma and family, of love and war and truth and lies - lies that might just undo her and drive her to a desperate act. This ambitious, complex and insightful novel intertwines numerous stories of lives from before World War II and beyond, recreating with intimacy and breadth a world that is now lost to us
Target audience
adult
Creator
Subject
- Tragedy -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Ballarat (Vic.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Ballarat (Vic.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Problem children -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Australian fiction
Content
Author
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject12
- Tragedy -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Ballarat (Vic.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Ballarat (Vic.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Problem children -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Australian fiction
- Content1
- Author1