![]() ![]() ![]() Playground Song: In Abigail's own time, the local children play a game accompanied by a rhyme about a threatening figure called Beatie Bow (hence the title of the novel). ![]() Get Back to the Future: Abigail is transported a century into the past, and has to figure out why before she can be returned to her own time.For this, Abigail is treated as childish by the narrative. Easily Forgiven: Abigail's mum easily forgives the dad for cheating and running away with his secretary and has a tantrum when Abigail isn't thrilled to drop everything in her life and move overseas with him when he shows up again.Then Abigail meets a man who is descended from the Bow family and looks just like Judah. Doppelgänger Replacement Love Interest: Abigail falls in love with Judah Bow, but they are separated when she returns to her own time.The protagonist Abigail is transported back in time to colonial Sydney in the 1870s, where she meets the Bow family, who believe she has been brought to them for a purpose. Playing Beatie Bow is a children's/young adult novel by Ruth Park, first published in 1980. ![]()
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