No Love to Give

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No Love to Give
Author F. J. Thwaites
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarcourt Press
Publication date
1969

No Love to Give is a novel by F. J. Thwaites. [1] It was his 34th novel and like many of them incorporated current events in the plot. [2] [3]

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Plot

A woman, Janna, flees Czechoslovakia in 1968 and makes her way to Australia. She meets an Australian Vietnam War veteran. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Began to sell". The Canberra Times . National Library of Australia. 19 August 1979. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. "From Prague to Bega with no love to give". The Canberra Times . Vol. 44, no. 12, 429. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 September 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 9 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "OBITUARY F.J. Thwaites, fondly remembered by maiden aunts". The Canberra Times . Vol. 53, no. 16, 035. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 August 1979. p. 4. Retrieved 9 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "From Prague to Bega with no love to give". The Canberra Times . National Library of Australia. 30 September 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. "NOTED AUTHOR HERE". Queanbeyan Age . New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1969. p. 11. Retrieved 9 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.