LEADER 02347nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910461288303321 005 20220118130019.0 010 $a9781921507458 010 $a1921507454 024 8 $a9786613319425 035 $a(CKB)2670000000088613 035 $a(EBL)688703 035 $a(OCoLC)726753291 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001305101 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11895126 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305101 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11246901 035 $a(PQKB)10563196 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC688703 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL688703 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10500224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331942 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000088613 100 $a20111025d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $csti$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAdoption issues /$fedited by Justin Healey 210 $aThirroul, N.S.W. $cSpinney Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (60 pages) $ccolour illustrations 225 1 $aIssues in society ;$vv. 326 311 $a1-921507-44-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1. Adoption trends in Australia -- Chapter 2. Search and reunion -- Chapter 3. Intercountry adoption. 330 $aThere has been an overall decline in the number of adoptions of Australian children over the last 25 years, however past and present adoption practices continue to raise a number of challenging and complex emotional and practical issues. This book examines the adoption experience in Australia, including local and intercountry adoption and the legal processes involved; adoption trends; identity and disclosure issues; the impacts of past coercive adoption practices on unmarried birth mothers and their children; post-adoption grief and loss; and the same-sex adoption law debate. A number of perso 410 0$aIssues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ;$vv. 326. 606 $aAdoption$zAustralia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAdoption 676 $a362.7340994 701 $aHealey$b Justin$0855757 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461288303321 996 $aAdoption issues$91966046 997 $aUNINA LEADER 02758nam 2200517 450 001 9910816769303321 005 20230828201634.0 010 $a1-77558-517-4 010 $a1-86940-628-1 010 $a1-77558-030-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000491951 035 $a(EBL)1411747 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060667 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11985602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060667 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11087582 035 $a(PQKB)10703864 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1557345 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000491951 100 $a20061019h20062006 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrief lives /$fChris Price 210 1$aAuckland, N.Z. :$cAuckland University Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (154 p.) 300 $a"An eccentric collection of biographical anecdotes and fictional vignettes ... a meditation on mortality"--Inner fold of cover. 311 $a1-86940-363-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Epigraph; BRIEF LIVES; AFTER THE PARTY; THE AGE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANNE CARSON; ANTHONY; BIOGRAPHICAL FALLACIES; CALM; COLLECTOR; ON COMPOSITION; CREATION STORIES; DIONYSIAN; DISPOSABLE; DREAM LIFE; EVE'S DAUGHTER; THE FALLEN; FAMILY WISDOM; FIRE AND WATER; HARRY PARTCH; HILDEGARD OF BINGEN; HOROLOGIST; JESUS OF MONTPARNASSE; LOTT'S MOTHER; MAX; THE NEXT DAY; NOTEBOOK; OTHER DICTIONARIES; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PETRARCH'S BONES; PRAYER WHEEL; REHABILITATION; THE SERPENT LECTURES; SINGAPORE; SPECIMEN JAR; THE UNHAPPINESS OF HOLIDAYS; [UNTITLED] 327 $aVXYLOTHE?QUE; ZOOPRAXISCOPE; VARIABLE STARS; VARIABLE STARS; Acknowledgements; Sources; Quotes; Copyright 330 $aBrief Lives is an eccentric collection of biographical anecdotes and fictional vignettes in which famous figures such as Goethe, Petrarch and Antonin Artaud rub shoulders with impecunious aristocrats, actors and art historians as well as a range of fictional characters caught amid the daily chaos of their lives. Here a dead man recounts his experiences as a Jesus impersonator. A wife reflects on the unhappiness of holidays. A doctor conducts altitude experiments on prisoners. Lott loses his mother's ashes in Amsterdam, and Nietzsche dances naked round a stove in Turin. These small, curiou 606 $aNew Zealand literature 615 0$aNew Zealand literature. 676 $a828.307 700 $aPrice$b Chris$f1962-$01642746 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816769303321 996 $aBrief lives$94068563 997 $aUNINA