Verlag: Canongate Books Jul 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1841959952 ISBN 13: 9781841959955
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*NEW NOVEL RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\*FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN'S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST As a child in twentieth-century Australia, Lilian Una Singer struggles to escape a suffocating existence in the home of her tyrannical Victorian father and her elegant but ineffectual mother. Madness, cruelty and sexuality permeate the family's upper crust world and influence Lilian's upbringing. As a grown woman, Lilian has to make difficult choices if she wants to reject the idea that her story is already fixed, written by others. Will she succeed in making her life her own, despite her parents and her environment, by triumphantly savouring every moment.
Verlag: Canongate Books Jul 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1841959820 ISBN 13: 9781841959825
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A tale of courage in the face of adversity . . . a story of love and hope.In this fascinating follow-up to Dear Francesca,Mary Continiwrites to her daughter Olivia to tell the story of her greatgrandparents,the humble Italian shepherds who emigrated toEdinburgh and then helped to transform Britain's food culture.Sharing some of the recipes that they brought over, this is amouth-watering memoir of family and food.'Touching and inspiring . . . But there is an added pleasure toreading Mary Contini, that comes from the importance of foodin her life . . .The book bursts with flavour.'Financial Times'Essentially the story of one man's journey, but also a story of onecommunity, two nations, and how they grew and flourishedtogether.'Scotsman'Uplifts and inspires . . . Contini has augmented the familylegends with historical research and imagination.'Sunday Times.
Verlag: Canongate Books Jul 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1847670024 ISBN 13: 9781847670021
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The story behind The Secret River'A novel everyone should read.' Irish TimesShortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker PrizeIn the summer of 2000, award-winning novelist Kate Grenville decided to open the closed door of her family history. Who was her great-great-great grandfather, Solomon Wiseman, a Thames boatman sent as a convict to Australia in 1806 The answers to this question were revelatory. From the bones of his life a novel slowly evolved: The Secret River.This is the story of Grenville's investigation, a memoir of the writing process through false starts, wrong turns and exhilarating breakthroughs. It is a remarkable journey of discovery around the globe, across the generations and into fiction.'Here is someone who can really write.'Peter Carey.