Careful, He Might Hear You (novel)
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Author | Sumner Locke Elliott |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Publisher | Harper and Row, USA |
Publication date | 1963 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Careful, He Might Hear You is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Sumner Locke Elliott. It was published in 1963.
The 1983 film Careful, He Might Hear You was based on the novel.
Synopsis[]
Careful, He Might Hear You is based on the author's childhood. The secure world of an orphan living with his working-class aunt and uncle is changed forever with the arrival of another aunt from London who wishes to raise him as her child.
Adaptions[]
Along with the 1983 film, a Musical production was performed in Canberra, Australia in 1999 by Supa Productions. The stage production was developed by David Sale (Book and Lyrics) and (music) and starred Toni Lamond (as Lila Baines), and (as PS) and (as Vanessa Scott).
References[]
- Elliott, Sumner Locke. "Careful, He Might Hear You". 1963, Houston. (ISBN, 1921922249, 9781921922244)
Categories:
- 1963 Australian novels
- 1963 American novels
- Miles Franklin Award-winning works
- Novels by Sumner Locke Elliott
- Harper & Row books
- Novels about orphans
- American novels adapted into films
- 1960s novel stubs