Dancing in the Anzac Deli [Jun 01, 1984] Wheatley, Nadia

Dancing in the Anzac Deli

WHEATLEY, Nadia

Children's Books

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Ben & Jerry: Ice Cream for Everyone

My Place

Depicts life in Australia at different times in its development by viewing one place in different years while moving backwards from 1988 to 1788

History

Demco Media

The details of Charmian Clift's life have often been in danger of overwhelming an appreciation of her work, and in this biography, Nadia Wheatley peels away the myths to give us the real story of Charmian's life and work. So many details of her life were taken by her husband, George Johnston, and used in his novels "My Brother Jack" and "Clean Straw for Nothing", that it has been difficult for readers to know where fiction begins and where the truth lies. Charmian Clift was born in Kiama in 1923, and after a stint in the Army during the war, became a journalist on Melbourne's "Argus" newspaper. There she met and fell in love with the dashing "golden boy" war correspondent, George Johnston. However, as George was already married, their affair caused a scandal, which resulted in their both leaving the paper and moving to Sydney. There they collaborated on their first novel, "High Valley", which won the prestigious Sydney Morning Herald prize in 1948. They became the sparkling centre of a circle of writers and artists, and during this period their first two children, Martin and Shane, were born. In 1951 the family moved to London, and in 1954 to Greece. Greece represented freedom from the constrictions of conventional life and marked a serious commitment by both Charmian and George to make their way as writers. During the nearly ten years they spent in Greece, Charmian wrote two books about their experiences, "Mermaid Singing" and "Peel Me A Lotus", and two novels, "A Walk to the Paradise Gardens" and "Honour's Mimic". On the island of Hydra, they became the centre of a loose group of expatriates and travellers and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Sidney Nolan and Leonard Cohen, as well as a young Rodney Hall. The details of Charmian and George's private lives in Greece inspired a good deal of gossip and helped fan the flames of the image of Charmian the sexual free spirit. When George wrote his classic novel "My Brother Jack", Charmian was literally beside him every step of the way, and one of the things this biography reveals is the nature of this unique literary partnership. Johnston and Clift wrote three novels together, but their literary partnership did not stop there. The character of Cressida Morley in George's "My Brother Jack" and its sequel "Clean Straw for Nothing" was based not simply on Charmian herself, as many assume, but on a character Charmian had been moulding in her own fiction. In this biography, Nadia Wheatley untangles fact from fiction, and gives us both a portrait of an immensely talented woman, and the unique literary partnership she shared with George Johnston.

The life and myth of Charmian Clift

Australia & Oceania

Flamingo

Within a short space of time, Clift and Johnston had collaborated on the prize-winning novel "High Valley", moved to London and then shocked everyone by giving up the sophisticated London life and moving their family to a Greek island to focus on their careers as writers. The ten years Clift spent in Greece saw her the write the memoirs "Mermaid Singing" and "Peel Me a Lotus", as well as two novels "Walk to the Paradise Gardens" and "Honour's Mimic".

Life and Myth of Charmian Clift

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Harper Collins Publishers (australia) Pty Ltd

At ten year intervals from 1988 back to 1788, children living in the same spot in Australia describe their lives and neighborhood

Rawlins, Donna

Australia in Print

Depicts life in Australia at different times in its development by viewing one place in different years while moving backwards from 1988 to 1788

Kane/Miller Book Pub

A unique, intimate history of Australia, featuring colorful illustrations and maps, starts in 1988 and works its way back two hundred years to 1788, telling the history of one particular place through the generations of children who have lived there.

Here's a rhyming and counting book that's completely unique--it's a book within a book within a book! Follow the zany adventures of the numerals as you count from one to ten. Then start all over again with the second, smaller book, and then the third. A pocket on the inside back cover of each book holds the next, smaller size book. Full color.

1 Is for 1

Early Learning

Mondo Pub.

Australians All

A lavish and comprehensive new history of Australia, told through the lives of children, Australians All tells the story of what it was like to grow up on our continent from the Ice Age to the Apology. The historical narrative is interspersed with over seventy mini-biographies and childhood accounts, including some well-known Australians such as William Barak, Ethel Turner, Eddie Mabo, and Mark Oliphant as well as many lesser-known Australians. Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated with a combination of facsimile images including photographs, paintings, and cartoons, as well as new illustrations by Ken Searle, this groundbreaking work will be treasured by young Australians and their families.

Allen& Unwin

Powerful, sparse, and compelling, this collection of short stories focuses on adolescents and their diverse family relationships. The characters examine who they are and how they fit into their family, their community, and their world, often exploring parent–teen conflicts. Skillfully told in a stark and haunting style, these stories detail the lives of eight teens, revealing through seemingly mundane events their individual realities.

Listening to Mondrian

Literature & Fiction

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Dancing in the Anzac Deli

My Place

The life and myth of Charmian Clift

Life and Myth of Charmian Clift

My Place

My Place

My Place

1 Is for 1

Australians All

Listening to Mondrian