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Up We Grew: Stories of Australian Childhoods
Pamela Bone
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Description for Up We Grew: Stories of Australian Childhoods
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 289.
In ""Up We Grew"", award-winning journalist, Pamela Bone explores these questions through the prism of her own experience as daughter, sister and mother. Taking as her starting point her own story of growing up in a small town on the Murray River after the war, Bone illuminates the influences that shape us from early life: family, friendships, school. Then through a series of candid interviews, she broadens out her investigation, considering how some famous and less well known Australians coped with the death of a parent, divorce, differentness; talent, opportunity, money, or the lack thereof. The subjects of ""Up We ... Read more
In ""Up We Grew"", award-winning journalist, Pamela Bone explores these questions through the prism of her own experience as daughter, sister and mother. Taking as her starting point her own story of growing up in a small town on the Murray River after the war, Bone illuminates the influences that shape us from early life: family, friendships, school. Then through a series of candid interviews, she broadens out her investigation, considering how some famous and less well known Australians coped with the death of a parent, divorce, differentness; talent, opportunity, money, or the lack thereof. The subjects of ""Up We ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522851182
SKU
V9780522851182
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Pamela Bone
Pamela Bone lives in Melbourne and is currently a columnist at The Age. She has twice won the Melbourne Press Club Award for best columnist. She has also been awarded the United Nations Media Peace Prize, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Award and numerous others. Pamela is also on the Women's Homour Role in the Victorian Parliament.
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