Tina Brown of The Daily Beast gives us a 2010 political Zeitgeist Guide. For instance, why is Obama so cool, not cool that way but so, so detached? And does it matter? (Hint: yes!) Are newspapers being killed by the Internet? No. Read it here
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I have just this minute finished your book THE LOST MOTHER and was moved to contact you. The cover caught my eye on the new books stand, that portrait of your mother when young is exceptional, this painting has a very special quality and I am now going to research more of Constance Stokes art. Your writing is absolutely beautiful and took me down many memory lanes including the 10 years I lived and worked in Melbourne in the 60′s. Melbourne was fascinating to me, a Coal Miner’s daughter from Huntly NZ, I ran away from a terrible home when I was still 14 in 1955. I was a feminist right from those days and got good jobs & pay in NZ. I arrived in Melbourne in 1960 and hit the fairly big time in work and people I met, especially all the fascinating immigrants who ran restaurants, bookstores, art galleries, antique establishments etc etc. I lived in the City at Windsor Plce and then moved to St Kilda when I married and started having children and mixed with a wide range of interesting people personally and politically. I finished with my violent drunken husband and moved to Sydney with my children and started another life that was fascinating too. What I am trying to say is that you brought it all back in a good way, I was overdue to think about many things – a great big thank you. I am now going to visit your website regularly and read your other books. Best wishes for now, GRETA
Lovely to hear from you Greta. Thank you for sharing your reactions to The Lost Mother. I am glad it brought back so many good memories. Please visit my website often as I am trying to add new material to it as often as possible to make it interesting.
To Anne, I am a major fan of feminism, particularly the Australian feminist movement in the 1970s. I am doing a major historical investigation in my history extension class were I am comparing different feminist writers perspectives of the 1970s Feminist revolution in Australia. Apart from yourself and Germaine Greer are there any other Australia feminist writers who wrote about the 1970s movement? This would be appreciated.
Michelle
there are quite a few books. It would take me some time (which I dont have at the moment) to track them all down – but if you try Google I am sure you will be able to locate there. There is a large history of feminism in Australia and I’d say at least four or five other histories. Good luck with your search.
Anne