The Death of Ruth (16 page)

Her first novel,
A Patch of Blue
(originally published as
Be Ready with Bells and Drums
), was translated into eight different languages and made into an award-winning film. She wrote screenplays for both film and television, which were produced in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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First published in Great Britain in 1982 by Pan Books Ltd

This electronic edition published in 2015 by Bloomsbury Reader

Copyright © 1981 Elizabeth Kata

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