Childhood At Brindabella: My First Ten Years
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: clipped dj.
In the rolling hills of the Monaro tablelands in colonial New South Wales, a young girl named Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin discovers the world through the eyes of a free and spirited childhood — and Childhood at Brindabella: My First Ten Years is her tender, luminous account of those formative years. This autobiographical memoir chronicles Franklin's earliest decade of life on the Brindabella cattle station, painting an intimate portrait of bush life in 1880s Australia, where vast landscapes, a close-knit pioneering family, and the rhythms of rural existence shaped one of the nation's most celebrated literary minds. Written with warmth, candour, and a lyrical precision that defined Franklin's voice throughout her career, the memoir presents a vanishing world of colonial Australia with remarkable authenticity and affection. Best known for her landmark novel My Brilliant Career, Franklin here turns her gaze inward, illustrating the roots of her fierce independence and her deep, abiding love for the Australian land. A richly evocative testament to memory and identity, this work leaves the reader wondering: how much of the woman who changed Australian literature was forged in those wild and beautiful hills?
Author: Miles Franklin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: clipped dj.
In the rolling hills of the Monaro tablelands in colonial New South Wales, a young girl named Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin discovers the world through the eyes of a free and spirited childhood — and Childhood at Brindabella: My First Ten Years is her tender, luminous account of those formative years. This autobiographical memoir chronicles Franklin's earliest decade of life on the Brindabella cattle station, painting an intimate portrait of bush life in 1880s Australia, where vast landscapes, a close-knit pioneering family, and the rhythms of rural existence shaped one of the nation's most celebrated literary minds. Written with warmth, candour, and a lyrical precision that defined Franklin's voice throughout her career, the memoir presents a vanishing world of colonial Australia with remarkable authenticity and affection. Best known for her landmark novel My Brilliant Career, Franklin here turns her gaze inward, illustrating the roots of her fierce independence and her deep, abiding love for the Australian land. A richly evocative testament to memory and identity, this work leaves the reader wondering: how much of the woman who changed Australian literature was forged in those wild and beautiful hills?