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Joy Rhoades

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I grew up in a small town in the bush in Queensland, Australia. I spent my time with my head in a book, or outdoors – climbing trees, playing in dry creek beds, or fishing for yabbies in the railway dam under the big sky. Some of my favourite memories were visiting my grandmother’s sheep farm in rural New South Wales where my father had grown up. She was a fifth generation grazier, a lover of history, and a great and gentle teller of stories. My childhood gave me two passions: a love of the Australian landscape and a fascination with words and stories.

I left the bush at 13 when I went to boarding school in Brisbane. I stayed on there to study law and literature at the University of Queensland. After, my work as a lawyer took me first to Syd ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 1,054 ratings · 168 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Woolgrower's Companion 3.93 avg rating — 717 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burnt Country 4.07 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Woolgrowers Companion (2 books)
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I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

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Modernism In TS Eliot`s The Waste Land: Decoding Elements of Modernism in Literature

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