True Stories: Complete Short Non-Fiction
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An extraordinary book of collected short non-fiction, spanning fifty years of work, by one of Australia's great writers.
Helen Garner visits the morgue, and goes cruising on a Russian ship. She sees women giving birth, and gets the sack for teaching her students about sex. She attends a school dance and a gun show.
She writes about dreaming, about turning fifty, and the storm caused by The First Stone. Her story on the murder of the two-year-old Daniel Valerio wins her a Walkley Award.
Garner looks at the world with a shrewd and sympathetic eye. Her non-fiction is always passionate and compelling.
Author: Helen Garner
Format: Hardback, 800 pages, 162mm x 242mm
Published: 2017, Text Publishing, Australia
Genre: Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous
Description
An extraordinary book of collected short non-fiction, spanning fifty years of work, by one of Australia's great writers.
Helen Garner visits the morgue, and goes cruising on a Russian ship. She sees women giving birth, and gets the sack for teaching her students about sex. She attends a school dance and a gun show.
She writes about dreaming, about turning fifty, and the storm caused by The First Stone. Her story on the murder of the two-year-old Daniel Valerio wins her a Walkley Award.
Garner looks at the world with a shrewd and sympathetic eye. Her non-fiction is always passionate and compelling.
True Stories: Complete Short Non-Fiction