Elizabeth Macarthur's Letters

Elizabeth Macarthur's Letters
Kate Grenville
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Hardback
h234 x 153mm - 240pg
29 Mar 2022 AU
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9781922458582
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These letters were the starting point for Kate Grenville' s bestselling novel A Room Made of Leaves. They inspired the portrait of her imagined Elizabeth Macarthur: shrewd, subtle, passionate. And they offer a glimpse into the complex inner life of one of our most powerful foremothers. Yet, until now, a general reader could only access a handful of them. This book offers an edited selection, with commentary from Grenville, of the many letters Elizabeth Macarthur wrote ' home' from colonial Sydney over her long life-letters in which we can hear the voice of a remarkable woman. Circumstances confronted her with huge challenges, but also gave her opportunities unknown to most women of the time. It was a life of tumult, of griefs and joys-all faced with spirit, and recorded in this lively and engaging correspondence.
' Excellent. . . So beautifully observed and written. . . An accomplished novel with all the experience that a writer like Kate Grenville brings to her work. . . Really a superb piece of work. ' * Leigh Sales on A Room Made of Leaves * ' Kate Grenville' s ' A Room Made of Leaves' - an almost flawless novel about our early colonial history told through the fictional eyes of Elizabeth MacArthur - it' s deep in research and beautifully realised. ' * Heather Rose on A Room Made of Leaves * ' Kate Grenville is a literary alchemist, turning the leaden shadow of the historical Elizabeth Macarthur into a luminescent, golden woman for our times. Intelligent, compassionate, strategic and dead sexy, Grenville' s Macarthur is an unforgettable character who makes us question everything we thought we knew about our colonial past. A polished gem of a novel by a writer who is as brave as she is insightful. I simply loved it. ' * Clare Wright on A Room Made of Leaves *
Kate Grenville is one of Australia' s most celebrated writers. Her international bestseller The Secret River was awarded local and overseas prizes, has been adapted for the stage and as an acclaimed television miniseries, and is now a much-loved classic. Grenville' s other novels include A Room Made of Leaves, Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Dark Places and the Orange Prize winner The Idea of Perfection. Her non-fiction books include One Life: My Mother' s Story and The Case Against Fragrance. She has also written three books about the writing process. In 2017 Grenville was awarded the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.
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ISBN-13: 9781922458582
Published: 29 Mar 2022
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 240

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