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Alison Stewart

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http://www.goodreads.com/alisonds

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South Africa

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female

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http://www.alisonstewartwriter.wordpress.com

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction

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I admire many writers; here are a few: J.M. Coetzee, Shirley Hazzard,...more

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Alison has had nine books published - two books for adults and seven for young people. Four of them have been translated into Italian, Danish, Dutch and Thai.
Her first book for adults, Born Into the Country (Justified Press 1988, South Africa) was shortlisted for the 1987 AA Mutual Life Vita Young Writers’ Award. Heinemann Australia published her next adult novel, Bitterbloom in 1991. Her YA novel, The Wishing Moon was shortlisted for the 1995 Australian Multicultural Children’s Award and was a 1995 Children’s Book Council Notable book.
Days Like This, which Penguin Australia published on August 1, was a finalist in the inaugural 2010 Amazon/Penguin Breakthrough Novel Award in the YA category. An unpublished manuscript of narrative non-fic...more

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Alison Stewart's Books

Average rating: 3.90 · 164 ratings · 52 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	Days Like This 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year the Star Fell 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wishing Moon 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweetwater Night 4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born Into the Country 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pineapple Ravioli by Alison Stewart (Goodreads Author), Craig Smith (Illustrator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitterbloom 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory Shell 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School by Alison Stewart (Goodreads Author), Melissa Harris-Perry (Foreword) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pilchards in Tomato Sauce by Alison Stewart (Goodreads Author) (author), Craig Smith (Illustrator) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mateship With Birds

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Floundering

by Romy Ash

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Gone Girl

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Alison Stewart wants to read Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alison Stewart rated a book 3 of 5 stars Lola Bensky by Lily Brett (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alison Stewart added Dominion by C.J. Sansom read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alison Stewart liked Romi's review of Days Like This: " I was immediately captured by Days Like This, the thoughtfulness of the writing and storyline were fantastic and I was shocked, disgusted and devistated all together by what happened in this future Sydney. The possibilitys of the story made me thin... " Read more of this review »
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“Conrad placed on the title page an epigraph taken from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene:

"Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas,
Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please"

This also became Conrad's epitaph.”
― Joseph Conrad, The Rover

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“Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.”
― George Sand, Letters Of George Sand

775 people liked it

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: despair, evil, goodness, inspirational, love, sadness, truth, victory

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