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A room made of leaves [Paperback]
Grenville, Kate, 1950-2020
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What if Elizabeth Macarthur - wife of the notorious John Macarthur, wool baron in early Sydney - had written a shockingly frank secret memoir? In her introduction Kate Grenville tells, tongue firmly in cheek, of discovering a long-hidden box containing that memoir. What follows is a playful dance of possibilities between the real and the invented. Grenville's Elizabeth Macarthur is a passionate woman managing her complicated life-marriage to a ruthless bully, the impulses of her own heart, the search for power in a society that gave her none-with spirit, cunning and sly wit. Her memoir reveals the dark underbelly of the polite world of Jane Austen. It explodes the stereotype of the women of the past - devoted and docile, accepting of their narrow choices. That was their public face-here's what one of them really thought. At the heart of this book is one of the most toxic issues of our times - the seductive appeal of false stories. Beneath the surface of Elizabeth Macarthur's life and the violent colonial world she navigated are secrets and lies with the dangerous power to shape reality.
Main title:
A room made of leaves [Paperback] / Kate Grenville.
Author:
Grenville, Kate, 1950-, author
Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2020.©2020
Collation:
322 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781922330024 (hardback)9781922330024 (hbk)9781922330024
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1769-1850 -- FictionMacarthur, John, 1767-1834 -- FictionSecrecy -- FictionFrontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- FictionHusband and wife -- FictionWomen -- Australia -- Social conditions -- FictionAustralian fictionAustralia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- FictionBiographical fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
369302
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | GREN | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | GREN | Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 |
| Brighton Library | Paperbacks | G | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 19 Apr 2024) |
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - General | GREN | Available |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | GREN | Available |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | GREN | Available |