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The Boy from the Hulks

By: Barbara Yates Rothwell

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Lemuel, sixteen when he is sentenced to be transported to the other side of the world, maintains his innocence, but no one believes him. Following the voyage on a hell ship, where the gaoler Bulstrode makes life almost impossible, and Lemuels companion, Collie Barnes, fails to complete the journey, his luck changes and he becomes a clerk to Mr Larkville. But he never forgets his oath to defeat the greedy Bulstrode. When his brothers, Tim and Percy, join him, new hazards arise, and with exploration, challenges from corrupt soldiers and the constant struggle to survive, Lemuels life is full. But there are moments of delight to raise his spirits.

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1426994133

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An Empty Bottle and Other Tales

By: Barbara Yates Rothwell

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An Empty Bottle and Other Tales

By: Barbara Yates Rothwell

An Empty Bottle is a collection of short stories that would otherwise have been consigned to the realm of forgotten things. Written over many years, many published around the world and others achieving awards in Australia, they cover aspects of life and living from humour, crime, and retribution, love and hate, children and the elderly—something for just about anyone. There is even a fairy story for adults in there. This is the third collection gleaned from a busy writing life, No Time for Pity and Standfast appearing a few years ago. Barbara believes that readers still enjoy short fiction, but it is not easy to find. For the busy person, the young mum, the city girl, the elderly, and those who just don't have a long attention span, the genre still offers a happy hour or so curled up with a book. Reading is one of life's true enjoyments, whether it is done with an old-fashioned collection of bound paper or one of the new electronic gadgets. Long may it last!

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1466961082

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Through a Brick Wall, Darkly

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Through a Brick Wall, Darkly

By: Barbara Yates Rothwell

Andrea is adopted, and she has had a happy and satisfying life, loved by parents, husband, and children. But when her beloved husband dies suddenly, she decides to find her birth mother, and she soon realises that life has not necessarily been so satisfying for all adoptees. In a determined bid to find the truth, she meets a wary adoptee and relinquishing mothers whose stories affect her deeply. Too late to back out, Andrea unpicks the mystery of her own birth and pre-adoption life, but where will the knowledge lead her?

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1490767991

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Klara

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Klara

By: Barbara Yates Rothwell

When the Nazis come to power, KLARA HOFFMAN is just past 30, daughter of a well-to-do Jewish cloth manufacturer. Heinrich, her fiance, becomes a Nazi, and she breaks off their engagement. Jacob, her young brother, dies from a beating by a Nazi official, and on November 12, 1938 her father, Ernst, dies following the violence of the "Night of Broken Glass". Klara's brother Erik and her sisters have already left for the Americas. But Klara is sponsored by an English family, the Furlongs. She has to leave her mother, who eventually dies in the Auschwitz death camp. In England, Klara watches as war draws nearer. She strikes up a lasting friendship with Eleanor, the Furlongs' 10-year-old daughter, in time becomes a cafe waitress, and hopes to marry a British soldier,who is killed in North Africa. As the years pass, she allows herself to become a 'character'. Eleanor comes back into her life as a young mother of two. Klara (now known as Clare) briefly returns to the Furlongs' when she becomes homeless. Eventually she enters a retirement home where she makes cautious friends with an elderly artist inspired to return to portraiture by the strength and suffering he sees in her face. Klara's story poses the question: was Klara as much a victim of the nazis as if she had died in the gas chamber? Perhaps her survival argues that everyone who survives mankind's inhumanity is one more proof that the human spirit cannot ultimately be crushed. There is tragedy in Klara. But it is nt gloomy. It is a fictional biography based on a true story: Klara was sponsored out of Germany by the author's parents in 1939. What is known of her life is used, and the known episodes are linked with fiction based on fact.

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142699236X

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No Time for Pity and Other Tales

By: Barbara Yates Rothwell

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No Time for Pity and Other Tales

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From more than 150 short stories produced during four decades of professional writing, Barbara has picked twenty that show a variety of themes, from humour to tragedy, love to hate, revealing a wide range of human emotions and yearnings, and the highs and lows that make humanity such a fascinating study. The opening story, No Time for Pity, is a new look at an old crime: the murders of two young princes in the Tower of London, 1483. Australians are all too aware of the theme of Beached Spirit - the unwelcome arrival of beached whales. For light relief, The Cornish Pot introduces a real fairy, and in Whatever Happened to Love? the eccentricities of the aristocracy meet head-on with the end result of an ungentlemanly act. Malcolm, 15, goes to The Island to escape the irritations of family life, but the island's peace is transitory. The Old Bloke introduces us to a tramp, whose unchanging routine is shattered when he finds a dollar coin outside a fairground. How wrong can you be? The author in Breakfast in Paradise fancies himself as a student of human nature. But his confidence is deflated when breakfast at the Hotel Paradiso turns briefly into chaos. Are people ever what they seem? The final story, The Wallflower, has been included because of its special status in Barbara's career - it was the first she ever sold, and it was broadcast by the BBC.

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1426992351

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Ripple in the Reeds

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Ripple in the Reeds

By: Barbara Yates Rothwell

Jeanne-Marie marries a German officer against her parents' wishes and finds herself embroiled in the passions and tragedies of wartime Europe. Eventually arriving in Australia, she makes a new life for herself - until the past catches up with her. It falls to Margaret, her young colleague, to unravel the final mysteries. Books by Barbara Yates Rothwell Dutch Point (The Lagoon Press: 1998): More than 3 centuries of W. Australian history mingle with the fortunes of the Burleigh family - shipwreck, murder and suspense combine to create a vivid picture of the developing life of a colony founded in 1829. Coulter Valley (Trafford Publishing in cooperation with The Lagoon Press: 2004): Tom resolves to unravel the paradox of the Coulter Valley artists, gifted, yet damaged by a despotic father. But what of the Aunts, sad Bernice and vindictive Sophie! Can the Coulter family survive exposure? Klara (Trafford Publishing in cooperation with The Lagoon Press: 2005): Nazi racial policies disrupt Klara's Jewish family life. Sponsored to England, she becomes part of the Furlong household. But rescue is one thing: making a good new life is another. Coulter Valley, Klara and Ripple in the Reeds can all be ordered in any quantities from Trafford Publishing. In small quantities only (up to 20) they are available from The Lagoon Press. Dutch Point is only available from The Lagoon Press. Trafford Publishing: www.trafford.com orders@trafford.com orders.UK@trafford.com The Lagoon Press: http://thelagoonpress.iinet.net.au email: morgand_h.byr@iinet.net.au Phone: 61 8 9561 1125

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1425198155

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Coulter Valley

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Coulter Valley

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When Tom decides to write the history of his artistic family, he finds himself embroiled in the strange situation at Coulter Valley, the family's old home, where elderly aunts Sophie and Bernice still live. Artists Tom and Edith, young Tom's great-grandparents, raised their four children as 'a family dedicated to art', isolated from the adverse influences of the outside world, and young Tom's research gradually uncovers the results of this dedicated, rigid attitude. Will his investigations end in tragedy? Or will family soidarity triumph?

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1412035376

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Death in Titipu

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Death in Titipu

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In early 2016, my book Death at the Festival was published by Trafford. It was my first entry into writing a crime novel though I have written several short stories in the genre. This is the second, Death in Titipu. Like the first, it draws on my musical training; the previous one used a classical music festival as its background. This new book brings to life a small-town performance of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado, which, as devotees will recall, takes place in the town of Titipu. Who has taken all the fun out of it by killing . . . ? But read the book, and all will be revealed. There was a time within our memory when the police had fewer aids to assist in their search for the criminal than our contemporary peace keepers have access to. This story takes place at that time.

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1490777660

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Death at the Festival

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Death at the Festival

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Australia has some fine and challenging arts/music festivals. I was involved with one some years ago as a music reviewer and found this story gradually forming in my mind. Murder, of course, is never funny and needs to be treated with respect, but I am certain that those who are involved with sorting out the whys and wherefores of a crime would agree that some of the characters who get involved do have their comic side. Marius Hogbein, the festival director, is horrified when his beloved festival becomes the scene for murder. The victims are all famous, and that bodes no good for the festivals reputation. But life has to go on, and he is dealing with performers who all have their own brand of ego to be reckoned with. The detective sergeant in charge of investigation, Nicholas Henry Jarvis Verdun, has no understanding of musicthough he does try. And having to deal with temperamental musicians is outside his job description.

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1490774319

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No Time for Pity and Other Tales

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No Time for Pity and Other Tales

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The Boy from the Hulks

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Book's by Yates Rothwell Barbara Yates Rothwell

The Boy from the Hulks

The Boy from the Hulks

An Empty Bottle and Other Tales

An Empty Bottle and Other Tales

Through a Brick Wall, Darkly

Through a Brick Wall, Darkly

Klara

Klara

No Time for Pity and Other Tales

No Time for Pity and Other Tales

Ripple in the Reeds

Ripple in the Reeds

Coulter Valley

Coulter Valley

Death in Titipu

Death in Titipu

Death at the Festival

Death at the Festival

No Time for Pity and Other Tales

No Time for Pity and Other Tales

The Boy from the Hulks

The Boy from the Hulks

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