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Jeg
The Grass Sister | Gillian Mears
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Pickpick

Beautiful writing.

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LitsyEvents
Springtime: A Ghost Story | Michelle De Kretser
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Repost for @AllDebooks

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Hi all, I'm checking in to see how you've been since our #Midwintersolace event ended. Are you ready for a mini Spring event? More hygge based fun to celebrate the return of Spring.

Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist. All are welcome to join us.

Buddy reads post - https://litsy.com/p/RDl5Q2Z2UUxS

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Jeg
The Grass Sister | Gillian Mears
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The book fairies are looking after me. I requested this book from the library. The only hard copy was in our State Library . Today I found this copy in a local op shop. 👏👏. I‘m very happy.

CarolynM 👏👏👏 Obviously, you were meant to read this one. 1mo
Rissreads 🧚 🧚‍♀️ 🧚‍♂️ ♥️💛🧡 4w
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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This was on my tbr pile of books I bought at an op (thrift) shop because it looked interesting… not sure how long I‘ve had this one - but it absolutely sent me down an internet rabbit hole to discover what I could about Ruth M. Hawker - which I‘ve since added to her GR page. Put my GR librarian powers to good use.

I‘ve never seen this kind of notice before! Truely a glimpse into a different time.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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A rather gorgeous slice of life fiction about town girl, Heather, who gets sent to spend her holidays with her uncle who lives on a remote outback farm when her mother is called away to take care of a sick relative. Heather makes a friend, learns to ride a horse, writes a brilliant essay about her holiday and overcomes several sticky situations with good cheer.

Originally published in 1950 - this is a nostalgic look at (white) rural life in 🇦🇺

thegirlwiththelibrarybag 📕 Heather at Magpie Creek by Ruth M. Hawker, first published in 1950 by Geoffrey Cumberlege for Oxford University Press. 2mo
LeahBergen This sounds like my cup of tea! 🥰 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, probably not the easiest to find - I bought it in an op shop ages ago because I thought the cover was cute. 2mo
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LeahBergen Oh, I just realized that this is by the same author as the cute vintage children‘s book that @CarolynM sent to me! You can see my post here: 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, oooh! That‘s too good! Would you like this one too? I wasn‘t planning on keeping it, I‘d be happy to send it on. 2mo
LeahBergen Oh, you‘re so thoughtful! I live in Canada so it would be too pricey to send it along to me. Thanks for the kind offer, though! 😘😘 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, I don‘t think it would be too bad (looking at the Australia Post website) - so I really don‘t mind. I‘m hoping to visit Canada this year ☺️ my leave has all been approved but November feels very far away at this point. 2mo
CarolynM @LeahBergen How fun! I‘d never heard of her when I found the Wombat Flat book, but apparently she published 14 books! A name to look out for in the second hand bookshops🙂 2mo
LeahBergen @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I would love to have it! And I‘ll send you a little something in return. 😊 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, there is precious little information about her online, the State Library of South Australia looks like they‘ve got almost all of her books. Not the easiest to access! Makes you wonder how many authors (and lady authors especially) have been almost completely vanished without a trace. 2mo
LeahBergen @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM This seems like a common occurrence for many mid 20th century children‘s authors. 😕 2mo
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mamareading
February Dragon | Colin Thiele
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February Book Spin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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Eva_B
The Life to Come | Michelle De Kretser
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I really enjoyed this book! Although I don‘t know how to review it! There isn‘t much of a plot. It is more a book about some characters that are loosely connected. Beautiful writing and wonderful descriptions of places and people. A friend recommended this author to me and I will definitely be reading more.

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TheKidUpstairs
My Brilliant Career | Miles Franklin
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My current e-read is the tagged, a story of a brilliant, headstrong young woman named Sybylla growing up in the outback of Australia, determined never to marry and to live her life on her own terms unencumbered by a man. When I first borrowed it, the digital cover was the image on the left. I just renewed it, and it changed to the image on the right. Why oh why is that the cover image for a book written about, and from the POV of, a young woman?1

Aimeesue That is very odd! 3mo
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TheKidUpstairs
My Brilliant Career | Miles Franklin
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"All nature was weary, and seemed to sing a dirge to that effect in the furnace-breath wind which roared among the trees on the low ranges at our back and smote the parched and thirsty ground."

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Jeg
The Yellow House | Emily O'Grady
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After I read her recent book I thought I‘d see what this one was like. I really enjoyed her writing. Her development of characters, descriptions and easy flow of language made it an easy read for me. Only 2 books published so far . She is another budding Aussie writer. I will be on the look out for any further books. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intriguing plot.

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