THE BLUE DRESS
1991
First Published
3.35
Average Rating
189
Number of Pages
A selection of stories by some of Australia's best-known and best-loved authors inspired by a Brian Dunlop painting of a young girl in a blue dress, standing on a beach.
Avg Rating
3.35
Number of Ratings
80
5 STARS
11%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
41%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Libby Hathorn
Author · 21 books
Libby Hathorn is an Australian writer who produces poetry, picture books, drama, novels, short stories, and nonfiction for children, young adults, and adults. Best known in the United States for her critically acclaimed novel Thunderwith, Hathorn has created works ranging from serious stories of troubled youth to lighthearted, fast-paced comedies. She writes of powerful female characters in her novels for junior readers, such as the protagonists in All about Anna and The Extraordinary Magics of Emma McDade; or of lonely, misunderstood teenagers in novels such as Feral Kid, Love Me Tender, and Valley under the Rock. As Maurice Saxby noted in St. James Guide to Children's Writers, "In her novels for teenagers especially, Hathorn exposes, with compassion, sensitivity, and poetry the universal and ongoing struggle of humanity to heal hurts, establish meaningful relationships, and to learn to accept one's self—and ultimately—those who have wronged us."
