Her mother's daughter : a memoir
Wheatley, Nadia, 1949-2018
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Born in Australia in 1949, author Nadia Wheatley grew up with a sense of the mystery of her parents' marriage. Caught in the crossfire between an independent woman and a controlling man, the child became a player in the deadly game. Was she her mother's daughter, or her father's creature? After her mother's death, the ten-year-old began writing down the stories her mother had told her - of a Cinderella-like childhood, followed by an escape into a career as an army nurse in Palestine and Greece, and as an aid-worker in the refugee camps of post-war Germany. Some fifty years later, the finished memoir is not only a loving tribute but an investigation of the bewildering processes of memory itself.
Main title:
Her mother's daughter : a memoir / Nadia Wheatley.
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Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographic references.
Awards:
Winner of the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for 2019.
ISBN:
9781925603491
Dewey class:
823.92610.69
Language:
English
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BRN:
341964
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 610.69 WHE | Available |