The Lost Mother
A Story Of Art And Love
$49.99
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2010
Summary
My mother had just turned ten in mid-1933 when a young woman approached her as they were both leaving Mass at St Joan of Arc’s in Brighton … The woman was an artist and she would like to paint her portrait …After her mother’s death in 2005, Anne Summers inherits a portrait of her mother as a child. Mesmerised by this image, she finds herself drawn into the story of how the portrait was painted and eventually found its way into her family. She soon learns the artist painted another por…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522857399 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522857396 |
| Author: | Anne Summers |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 378g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 134mm x 32mm |
About The Author
Anne Summers
Anne Summers is the author of Damned Whores and God’s Police, Gamble for Power, Ducks on the Pond and The End of Equality, among other books. She has edited the landmark American feminist magazine Ms. and Good Weekend as well as writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review and numerous other publications. She has been an advisor to prime ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, chaired the Board of Greenpeace International and been Deputy President of Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. She lives in Sydney.
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