Listed here are brief descriptions of books Anne has written and had published. Click on the … read more links to open a new window with more detail about each book. When you’ve finished, close the window to return to this page. Anne’s books are available from good booksellers, including online retailers Dymocks, Abbeys, Gleebooks, The Co-op Bookshop and Angus & Robertson.
THE ON-NIBUS
the ON-nibus brings together the first eight titles in MUP’s acclaimed Little Books on Big Themes series, essays on the big themes in life by leading Australian thinkers. … read more
THE LOST MOTHER
A Story of Art and Love (MUP, 2009)
Part art history, part detective story and part meditation on the relations between mothers and daughters, recounts how after she inherited a portrait of her mother as a child, Anne searches for the lost companion painting, where her mother was painted as the Madonna. … read more
ON LUCK
Little Books on Big Themes (MUP, 2008)
Australia has always prided itself on its luck. In her challenging, provocative essay Anne Summers picks apart this cherished belief, and suggests that maybe we can do better. … read more
THE END OF EQUALITY
Work, Babies and Women’s Choices in 21st Century Australia (Random House Australia, 2003)
Explores the diverse realities of Australian women’s lives today, showing how their economic, political and social well-being has been steadily and systematically undermined over the past 10 years. … read more
ACTING UP: what you can do to promote women’s equality read more …
DUCKS ON THE POND
An Autobiography 1945-76 (Viking, 1999)
A stunningly frank account of the author’s childhood and adolescence as she struggled against her father’s hostility, the death of her young brother from cancer and her own uncertainty how to make her mark on the world. … read more
GAMBLE FOR POWER
How Bob Hawke Beat Malcolm Fraser (Nelson, 1983)
The incisive analysis of the 1983 federal elections that saw the Liberal government of Malcolm Fraser trounced and the Bob Hawke led Labor government begin what would become 13 years in power. Illustrated by Patrick Cook. … read more
DAMNED WHORES AND GOD’S POLICE
The Colonization of Women in Australia (Penguin, 1975)
The ground-breaking book published in 1975 and still in print that helped Australians understand how a male view of the world had shaped our past and, until recently, our present. This book is still talked about today and has been updated twice, in 1994 and 2002, to ensure it remains relevant in the 21st century. … read more
