Bye, Beautiful

Name: Bye, Beautiful
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780143003823
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By Julia Lawrinson

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Bye, Beautiful by Julia Lawrinson is a poignant Young Adult novel set in 1960s Western Australia, exploring themes of family, love, and the clash of different worlds. It follows a teenage girl navigating life in a small town as she confronts societal expectations and racial tensions. Her journey towards understanding and empathy unfolds against the backdrop of challenging personal and family dynamics.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy coming-of-age stories set in 1960s Australia, where themes of family dynamics, teenage experiences, and societal pressures intersect. It presents a poignant narrative about identity, friendship, and the courage to challenge the status quo, making it a compelling read for fans of emotional and thought-provoking young adult fiction.

Bye, Beautiful

Set in the wheat-belt area of Western Australia, in the 1960s, it's about a family and a town drama, with the backdrop of racial and societal changes that were taking place at the time, in Australia and the rest of the world. Ages 14+.

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She thought of Billy, and how he would never say Bye, beautiful to someone like her, that likely no one would ever say anything like that to her in her life, and how she could not do anything to change any of it.

Sandy does not know if she would fit in anywhere, but she feels like a complete outsider in this hot wheatbelt town where her policeman father has just been transferred. And then she meets Billy, the part-Aboriginal mechanic's apprentice and town heart-throb.

Sandy's feelings for him are overwhelming her, but she is about to find out that her greatest rival is her own sister, the alluring, confident Marianne.

Set in Western Australia in the 1960s, this is a story of secrets and heartbreak, of families and changing times, by rising star Julia Lawrinson.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143003823

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2006

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 228g

Pages: 288

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Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Julia Lawrinson Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Julia Lawrinson hails from the outer suburbs of Perth, and writes for children and young adults. Her first novel, Obsession, won the 2001 WA Premier's Prize for Young Adult Writing. Since then she has published more than ten novels, including Bye, Beautiful, which was shortlisted for both the QLD and WA Premier's Awards and was a 2007 CBC Notable Book and the popular Chess Nuts, which was 2010 CBC Notable Book. Her day jobs have included weighbridge attendant, whopper maker, English lecturer, Sergeant-at-Arms and Usher of the Black Rod. She loves dog beaches, Jack Russells and New York, and is finishing a law degree. http-//www.julialawrinson.com.au http-//julialawrinson.blogspot.com.au https-//twitter.com/julialawrinson

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