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Letters to Lindy / Alana Valentine ; [foreword by] Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton ; [introduction by] Bryce Hallett.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Currency playsPublisher: Strawberry Hills, NSW : Currency Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: xiv, 48 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781760620240
  • 1760620246
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 822.4 23
Summary: “The court case captivated a nation. A mother accused of murdering her child, her claim – that the baby was taken by a dingo – denied and discredited by zealous police and a flawed legal system. The media circus, the rumours, the nation’s prejudices laid bare. And in the eye of the storm, Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton. Over three decades, from baby Azaria’s death to the final coroner’s report, the public’s fascination with Lindy seldom waned. The National Library holds a collection of more that 20,000 letters to Lindy. From sympathy to abuse, from marriage proposals to death threats, the correspondence traverses the gamut of responses to Lindy’s story. Letters to Lindy draws on this correspondence and interviews with Lindy herself. It is an enthralling, revealing and long overdue dialogue between Lindy and the nation, a portrait of the wisdom and resilience of a grieving mother. The new work by award-winning playwright Alan Valentine (Ladies Day, Parramatta Girls) explores the public’s relationship with one of Australia’s most iconic figures.”--Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 822.4 VAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL Signed by the author. 67914

"A mother's loss. A nation's obsession"--Cover.

Signed by the author

“The court case captivated a nation. A mother accused of murdering her child, her claim – that the baby was taken by a dingo – denied and discredited by zealous police and a flawed legal system. The media circus, the rumours, the nation’s prejudices laid bare. And in the eye of the storm, Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton. Over three decades, from baby Azaria’s death to the final coroner’s report, the public’s fascination with Lindy seldom waned. The National Library holds a collection of more that 20,000 letters to Lindy. From sympathy to abuse, from marriage proposals to death threats, the correspondence traverses the gamut of responses to Lindy’s story. Letters to Lindy draws on this correspondence and interviews with Lindy herself. It is an enthralling, revealing and long overdue dialogue between Lindy and the nation, a portrait of the wisdom and resilience of a grieving mother. The new work by award-winning playwright Alan Valentine (Ladies Day, Parramatta Girls) explores the public’s relationship with one of Australia’s most iconic figures.”--Back cover.

Foreword © Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, 2016 ; Introduction © Bryce Hallett, 2017 ; Letters to Lindy © Alana Valentine, 2016, 2017.

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