Gang of Four [electronic resource]
Byrski, Liz2007
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Gang of Four is a story of four very different journeys and a celebration of women in the prime of life. "Every woman needs her gang of four" Mary Moody "A delightful story of the joy of stepping outside your comfort zone" Australian Women's Weekly She had a husband, children and grandchildren who loved her, a beautiful home, enough money. What sort of person was she to feel so overwhelmed with gloom and resentment on Christmas morning? They have been close friends for almost two decades, supporting each other through personal and professional crises-parents dying, children leaving home, house moves, job changes, political activism, diets and really bad haircuts. Now the 'gang of four', Isabel, Sally, Robin and Grace, are all fifty-something, successful ...and restless. It is Isabel who makes the first move, taking a year away from her family to follow in her mother's footsteps across Europe. Soon Sally is on her way to San Francisco, to come face to face with a guilty secret. Robin, in the wake of a clandestine relationship, heads for isolation in the country. And Grace? Well, Grace would never go away for an entire year, but, lonely in the others' absence, she thinks she might take a short holiday in England. Once there, she bumps into someone she hardly knows - herself. PRAISE FOR LIZ BYRSKI "Her plots and characters get stronger with each book" The Sydney Morning Herald "Liz Byrski has a guaranteed cheer squad for her novels which champion...women taking charge of their life and growing old creatively" Daily Telegraph Fans of Monica McInerney, Liane Moriarty and Joanna Trollope will love Liz Byrski.
Main title:
Gang of Four [electronic resource] / Liz Byrski
Author:
Byrski, Liz, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2007
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Liz Byrski is a novelist, non-fiction writer, former journalist and ABC broadcaster, with more that fifty years experience in the British and Australian media. She is the author of eight bestselling novels, including Gang of Four, In the Company of Strangers and Family Secrets, and a dozen non-fiction books including the popular memoir, Remember Me; Getting On: Some Thoughts on Women and Ageing and In Love and War: Nursing Heroes. Liz's books have been published in the UK, France and Germany and her articles and essays have appeared in national and international publications. She has won several awards for her work as a print and radio journalist, and has worked as an advisor to a minister in the West Australian Government, and is a former President of the West Australian Women's Advisory Council to the Premier. Liz completed her PhD in women's fiction at Curtin University where she lectures in Professional and Creative Writing. Liz was born in London in 1944 and lived in England until 1981, when she moved to Western Australia with her family. She now lives close to Fremantle with her dog, Toby, and enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, writing, movies, walking and swimming. Liz Byrski publications Novels Family Secrets, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2014 In the Company of Strangers, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2012 Last Chance Café, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2011 Bad Behaviour, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2009 Trip of a Lifetime, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2007 Belly Dancing for Beginners, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006 Food, Sex and Money, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2005 Gang of Four, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2004 Nonfiction In Love and War: Nursing Heroes, Fremantle Press, 2015 Getting On: Some Thoughts on Women and Ageing, Momentum Books, 2012 Remember Me, Fremantle Press, 2001 Speaking Out: Australian Women Talk About Success, New Holland, 1999. Western Australia: Land of Contrasts, New Holland, 1998 The Way Ahead: Prominent Australians talk about the future of our nation, New Holland, 1998 Spectacular Australian Sea Rescues, New Holland, 1997 Facing Cancer: Searching for solutions, Collins, 1989 Under the Influence: Growing up in alcoholic families, Collins Dove,1988 Pills, Potions, People: Understanding the drug problem, Collins Dove,1986 Workwise: Getting a job and starting out, Nelson,1985 Behind the Bedroom Door, Veritas, 1985 Anthologies 'Friendship - In Several Painful Lessons', Just Between Us: Australian writers tell the truth about female friendship, Eds: Linden M, Sved M, Neiman C, Scott M, Kon-yu N, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2013. 'Introduction', Summer Lovin', Fremantle Press, 2013 'Introduction', Sunscreen and Lipstick, Fremantle Press, 2012. 'The Man Who Wasn't There', Lines in the Sand, Eds: Van Loon J & Phillips G, Fellowship of Australian Writers, WA, 2008 'Remember Me?', Single Woman of a Certain Age, Ed: Ganahl J, Indian Ocean Publishing, San Francisco, 2005 Book chapters 'Feminism, Fiction and the Phoney War on Ageing', Ageing, Popular Culture and Contemporary Feminism, Eds: Whelehan I & Gwynne J, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 'Co-Dependent: Is That What I Am?', Perspectives ...
ISBN:
9781742625140
Language:
English
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BRN:
325950
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