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Doing life : a biography of Elizabeth Jolley / Brian Dibble.

By: Publication details: Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 334 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781921401060 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Biography of Elizabeth Jolley
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.3 22
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Contents:
Summary: The first definitive, authorised biography of the late Elizabeth Jolley - one of the most distinctive and remarkable voices in Australian literature. Brian Dibble draws on Jolley's private letters and diaries as well as extensive interviews with family and friends in this revealing and surprising biography.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 823.3 JOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 68322

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Introduction-That little art which is family life ix -- The British Years -- I 'Flowermead'-The fury haunting the family... -- 2 Sibford-If she can swim, it does not matter how deep the -- water is 39 -- 3 Pyrford-A nurse should be unable to make a mistake 63 -- 4 Birmingham-The most powerful thing in this life 76 -- 5 Pinewood-Herts requires staff: Matron, Teacher, -- Handyman/gardner 97 -- 6 Scotland-The horror of marriage lies in its 'dailiness' 114 -- The Australian Years -- 7 i96os-After the flight of the cockatoos 137 -- 8 1970o-I was sort of on the market 157 -- 9 i98o-84-The inside of people's survival 183 -- 10 1985-89-Optimistic and fond 202 -- Ix I990-2007-Who talks of victory 220 -- Epilogue-Friendship has a meaning that goes both ways 249 -- Notes 254 -- Acknowledgements 285 -- List of Illustrations 298 -- Works Cited 3o2.

The first definitive, authorised biography of the late Elizabeth Jolley - one of the most distinctive and remarkable voices in Australian literature. Brian Dibble draws on Jolley's private letters and diaries as well as extensive interviews with family and friends in this revealing and surprising biography.

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