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McPhee Gribble. Very Good. 1990. First softback Edition. Softcover. 086914197x . Minor fading to spine, wear to corners of cover, sl to some edges. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 278 pages .
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Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923-1958 Paperback - 1990
by Dorothy Hewett
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- Title Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923-1958
- Author Dorothy Hewett
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- Language ENG
- Publisher McPhee Gribble, Australia
- Date 1990
- ISBN 9780869141977
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McPhee Gribble Publishers / Penguin Books, 1990. Softcover. VG+ (Very Good plus). AUSTRALIANA BIOGRAPHYExtraordinary autobiography of one of Australia's most celebrated female writers, Dorothy Hewett, traces the personal and political metamorphoses of her first 35 years. After university life, several failed love affairs, an attempted suicide, and a major poetry prize, Dorothy Hewett joined the Australian Communist party in 1945. Four years later, she left her husband and moved to Redfern, Sydney with her lover, a boilermaker. Hers was a life of extremes - the pleasures and purgatories of a woman who has tackled everything placed in her path with a searing honesty, energy, and intellect.Dorothy Hewett was born on May 21, 1923 in Perth, Australia. She was an Australian feminist poet, novelist, and playwright. She was brought up on a sheep farm in Western Australia. In 1944 Hewett began studying English at the University of Western Australia (UWA). It was here that she joined the Communist Party in…
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Australia and New Zealand,: McPhee Gribble Penguin, 1990 The author traces the personal and political metamorphoses of her first thirty-five years. A woman who challenged sexual and political conventions. Hewett was one of Australia's most famous playwrights and poets. In combining the passions of her life with her power as a writer she created, in this book, a classic of people, place and political history. After university, several failed love affairs and a major poetry prize, Dorothy Hewett joined the Australian Communist Party in 1945. Four years later she left her first husband and moved to Redfern, Sydney, with her lover, a boilermaker. Of Redfern, she wrote "the air is breathless with soot and smog and the knock-off whistle from the brewery, the print factory and the glassworks punctuate the day". Hers was a life of extremes: the pleasures and purgatories of a woman who tackled everything placed in her path with a searing honesty, energy and intellect. These books were purchased…
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Melbourne: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books, 1990. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). 278 pp. Autobiographical account of the first 35 years of the life of one of Australia's more famous playwrights and poets. The author has combined the passions of her life with her power as a writer to create this classic sketch of people, place and political history.
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