Second Half First
$22.94
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
3 October 2016
Summary
A stunning memoir from one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed writers
Beginning with the disastrous events of the night before her fortieth birthday, Drusilla Modjeska looks back on the past thirty years. In asking the candid questions that so many of us face - about love and independence, growing older, the bonds of friendship and family - she reassesses the experiences that have shaped her writing, her reading and the way she has lived. The result is a memoir that is at once intel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857989819 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857989812 |
| Author: | Drusilla Modjeska |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 37mm |
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About The Author
Drusilla Modjeska
Drusilla Modjeska is one of Australia’s most acclaimed writers. Her books include the award-winning Poppy and the bestselling The Orchard and Stravinsky’s Lunch, which won the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Her novel The Mountain was critically acclaimed and shortlisted for a number of awards; and in 2015 she published her memoir, Second Half First, which was also shortlisted for several prizes. She lives in Sydney.
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