Title: The Babe is wise : contemporary stories by Australian women /
Authors: Harwood, Lyn.; Pascoe, Bruce, 1947-; White, Paula.
Publisher: Pascoe Pub.,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Short stories, Australian Women authors.; Australian fiction; Women and literature Australia.; Australia Social life and customs Fiction.
Abstract: A collection of 31 stories written by Australian women, including Thea Astley, Beverley Farmer, Helen Garner, Barbara Hanrahan, Elizabeth Jolley, Olga Masters, Judith Wright, Fay Zwicky and others.
Contents: My hard heart / Helen Garner -- Scars / Judy Duffy -- The plain clothes man / Lyn Hughes -- A lover of nature and music and art / Barbara Hanrahan -- Maralinga / Lallie Lennon -- Whatever it takes / Meredith Michie -- Brown and green giraffes / Olga Masters -- The game / Judith Woodfall -- The dugong / Judith Wright -- Incubus / Molly Guy -- My sister's funeral / Robin Sheiner -- The test is, if they drown / Kate Grenville -- Behind the glass / Sue Hancock -- Travelling / Joan London -- Hitler's driver / Carolyn van Langenberg -- Hibakusha's daughter / Fay Zwicky -- The midnight shift / Gillian Mears -- Marie and Suzie / Marianne Szymiczek -- Tongue / Janet Shaw -- Judith, 510 pieces / Judith Lukin -- Irene / Georgia Savage -- Vegetable soup / Carmell Killin -- Darlinghurst portrait / Vicki Viidikas -- Bella Donna / Mary Anne Baartz -- Buttercup and Wendy / Carmel Bird -- As time goes by -- Beverley Farmer -- In defence of Lord Byron / Hona Palmer -- Write me, son, write me / Thea Astley -- The mincer / Margaret Barbalet -- Scratch at the dark soil / Sue Chin -- My father's moon / Elizabeth Jolley.