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Unfettered and alive : a memoir / Anne Summers.

By: Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xvi, 477 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781743318416
  • 1743318413
Other title:
  • Unfettered & alive
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.42070 23
Contents:
Chapter One. 'What's the story, morning glory?' -- Chapter 2. Home of the brave -- Chapter Three. The press gallery -- Chapter Four. Foreign Correspondence -- Chapter Five. Mandarins versus missionaries -- Chapter Six. 'The times will suit me' -- Chapter Seven. 'Real feminists with real money' -- Chapter Eight. Media mogulettes in New York City -- Chapter Nine. Paul Keating and the laminar floe -- Chapter Ten. The getting of anger -- Chapter Eleven. Peace and war -- Chapter Twelve. Unfettered and alive.
Summary: The inspiring autobiography of one of Australia's most influential women, from journalist to policy maker to change agent at large. 'I was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of these expectations and so have millions of women like me.' This is the compelling story of Anne Summers' extraordinary life. Her story has her travelling around the world as she moves from job to job, in newspapers and magazines, advising prime ministers, leading feminist debates, writing memorable and influential books. Anne has not been afraid to walk away from success and to satisfy her constant restlessness by charging down new and risky paths. Whatever position she has held, she has expanded what's possible and helped us see things differently-often at high personal cost. Anne shares revealing stories about the famous and powerful people she has worked with or reported on and is refreshingly frank about her own anxieties and mistakes. She shares a heart-breaking story of family violence and tells of her ultimate reconciliation with the father who had rejected her. Unfettered and Alive is a provocative and inspiring memoir from someone who broke through so many boundaries to show what women can do.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 305.42070 SUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 68009

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) and index.

Chapter One. 'What's the story, morning glory?' -- Chapter 2. Home of the brave -- Chapter Three. The press gallery -- Chapter Four. Foreign Correspondence -- Chapter Five. Mandarins versus missionaries -- Chapter Six. 'The times will suit me' -- Chapter Seven. 'Real feminists with real money' -- Chapter Eight. Media mogulettes in New York City -- Chapter Nine. Paul Keating and the laminar floe -- Chapter Ten. The getting of anger -- Chapter Eleven. Peace and war -- Chapter Twelve. Unfettered and alive.

The inspiring autobiography of one of Australia's most influential women, from journalist to policy maker to change agent at large. 'I was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of these expectations and so have millions of women like me.' This is the compelling story of Anne Summers' extraordinary life. Her story has her travelling around the world as she moves from job to job, in newspapers and magazines, advising prime ministers, leading feminist debates, writing memorable and influential books. Anne has not been afraid to walk away from success and to satisfy her constant restlessness by charging down new and risky paths. Whatever position she has held, she has expanded what's possible and helped us see things differently-often at high personal cost. Anne shares revealing stories about the famous and powerful people she has worked with or reported on and is refreshingly frank about her own anxieties and mistakes. She shares a heart-breaking story of family violence and tells of her ultimate reconciliation with the father who had rejected her. Unfettered and Alive is a provocative and inspiring memoir from someone who broke through so many boundaries to show what women can do.

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