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Careful, He Might Hear You

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Sumner Locke Elliott

  • awardWinner, Miles Franklin Award, 1963
  • Introduction by Robyn Nevin

    ‘Oh, aren’t you lucky, PS.’
    ‘Goodness, what a lucky boy.’
    ‘What a treat!’
    ‘Your Aunt Vanessa is coming.’
    Vanessa was coming all the way from England back to Australia and she was coming on a piano boat.

    It’s the Great Depression. Six-year-old PS is an orphan. He lives in Sydney with his Aunt Lila. But all that is about to change. Now his Aunt Vanessa has decided to take proper care of him.

    Careful, He Might Hear You is one of the most extraordinary portraits of childhood in Australian fiction.

    About the Author

    Sumner Locke Elliott was born in Sydney on 17 October 1917. His mother was the writer Helena Sumner Locke. She died of eclampsia the day after his birth, and the boy was raised by his aunts.

    Elliott wrote his first play when he was twelve, and while he was still at school joined Sydney’s Independent Theatre. In 1942 he was drafted and served out...

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    About the Introducer

    Robyn Nevin AM has been a leading Australian actress for over fifty years and has directed for more than twenty-five years, directing for all state theatre companies.

    Robyn held the position of Associate Director with the Sydney and Melbourne theatre companies before being appointed Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company. Robyn was...

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    Extent:
    512pp
    Format:
    Paperback
    Text publication date:
    26 April 2012
    First published:
    1963
    Region:
    NSW
    ISBN:
    9781921922244
    AU Price:
    $14.95
    NZ Price:
    $17.99
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      ISBN: 9781921921841
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