"Seventeen"
| Title | "Seventeen" |
| Year for Search | 2009 |
| Authors | Sparks, Cat[riona](b. 1965) |
| Secondary Authors | Polack, Gillian, and Hopkins, Scott |
| Secondary Title | Masques |
| Pagination | 129-42 |
| Date Published | 2009 |
| Publisher | CSFG Publishing |
| Place Published | Woden, ACT, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author, Female author |
| Annotation | Dystopia in which there are deep division between rich and poor with a focus on care for the elderly. The protagonist is a girl whose job is to pretend to be the daughter of an old woman, in which role she leads a good life, and gives some meaning to the old woman’s life. Outside the retirement community the girl is homeless in a violent world. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Australian female author (b. 1965). |
| Full Text | 2009 Sparks, Cat[riona] (b. 1965). “Seventeen.” Masques. Ed. Gillian Polack and Scott Hopkins (Woden, ACT, Australia: CSFG Publishing, 2009), 129-142. PSt Dystopia in which there are deep division between rich and poor with a focus on care for the elderly. The protagonist is a girl whose job is to pretend to be the daughter of an old woman, in which role she leads a good life, and gives some meaning to the old woman’s life. Outside the retirement community the girl is homeless in a violent world. Australian female author. |
