Spinifex baby
Harrland, Karen2014
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Leaping into a nature conservation project in the Simpson Desert is one thing; coping with the reality of 45-degree heat, drought and isolation in the face of an unplanned and difficult pregnancy is another. Fortunately, Karen survived to tell her tale.
Main title:
Spinifex baby / by Karen Harrland
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney Finch Publishing 2014
Collation:
264 pages 8 unnumbered pages of colour plates colour illustrations
Contents:
The beginning -- The Isa -- Alarm bells -- Heading to town -- Hospital -- Marooned in the desert -- To market, to market, to buy a fat camel -- Pregnant and alone in the bush -- All in a morning's work -- Shooting stars -- The mulga snake -- Headlights in the night -- Autumn, at long last -- Ethabuka Mound Spring -- Red ringlets in the bark -- Flying out for the birth -- Our little tin shed -- Back to the desert -- The drive -- The rains had come -- The sound of silence -- Grains of sand -- The butcher -- Life in the desert -- The wedding -- The simple phone - a lifeline -- The floods -- The artists' workshop -- Dreams of a future -- The Afgan ruins -- The camel muster -- A camel skin for a birthday
ISBN:
9781925048155 (paperback)
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY HARR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
6297
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | HARR | pbkAvailable |