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AUTHOR Conway, Jill Ker
TITLE The Road from Coorain
DATE READ 06/24/19
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE The westrn plains of New South Wales are grasslands.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Bio/Memoir / 1989 / Vintage books / 238 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2019 Reading Goal 101/111;
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CHARACTERS Jill Ker Conway
TIME/PLACE Late 30's to 50's -- New South Wales, Australia
COMMENTS The background/childhood of Jill Ker Conway -- growing up on an isolated sheep farm ...more
TITLE The Road from Coorain
DATE READ 06/24/19
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE The westrn plains of New South Wales are grasslands.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Bio/Memoir / 1989 / Vintage books / 238 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2019 Reading Goal 101/111;
GROUP READ BookObssessed pick
CHARACTERS Jill Ker Conway
TIME/PLACE Late 30's to 50's -- New South Wales, Australia
COMMENTS The background/childhood of Jill Ker Conway -- growing up on an isolated sheep farm ...more
A wonderful memoir that puts a personal story in conjunction with time and the history of Australia.
Beautifully written, compelling memoir. The issues Conway describes facing as a woman, daughter, and student in 1950's and 1960's Australia are still pertinent today. A recommended read for all, and particularly for young women who will find an inspirational woman who managed to reflect constructively, make the right, and not always easy choices, and thus pursue and live a meaningful and life.
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