Tirra Lirra By the River by Jessica Anderson - ISBN: 9780330359719
Paperback
Escape, reinvention, memory, and homecoming. Will the past set her free?

Tirra Lirra By the River

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 1997

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Summary

Liza used to say that she saw her past life as a string of roughly-graded balls, and so did Hilda have a linear conception of hers, thinking of it as a track with detours. But for some years now I have likened mine to a globe suspended in my head, and ever since the shocking realisation that waste is irretrievalbe, I have been careful not to let this globe spin to expose the nether side on which my marriage has left its multitude of images.

Nora Porteous has spent most of her life wai…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780330359719
ISBN-10:0330359711
Author:Jessica Anderson
Publisher:Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint:Picador Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 January 1997
Weight:169g
Dimensions:201mm x 131mm x 17mm
About The Author

Jessica Anderson

Jessica Anderson was born in Queensland in 1916 and began writing novels at the age of 40. Since then she has received many awards for her work. Twice she has won the prestigious Miles Franklin award, for Tirra Lirra By the River in 1978 and for The Impersonators in 1980. The Impersonators also won the New South Wales Premier’s Award in 1981. In addition to writing seven novels (the most recent of which is One of the Wattle Birds), her collection of short stories, Stories From the Warm Zone, won the Age Book of the Year Award in 1987.

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