A Month of Sundays [electronic resource]
Byrski, Liz2018
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"[A Month of Sundays] demonstrates the capacity of a book to act as a mirror to the soul and an eloquent guide to a more contented future." Weekend Australian For over ten years, Ros, Adele, Judy and Simone have been in an online book club, but they have never met face to face. Until now... Determined to enjoy her imminent retirement, Adele invites her fellow bibliophiles to help her house-sit in the Blue Mountains. It's a tantalising opportunity to spend a month walking in the fresh air, napping by the fire and, of course, reading and talking about books. But these aren't just any books: each member has been asked to choose a book which will teach the others more about her. And with each woman facing a crossroads in her life, it turns out there's a lot for them to learn, not just about their fellow book-clubbers, but also about themselves. Liz Byrski has written a beautiful novel about the joy and comfort reading a good book can bring to us all. PRAISE FOR LIZ BYRSKI "Byrski...is by turns turbulent and tender. Her characters are portrayed as...warm, funny flawed heroes grappling with the cards destiny has dealt them." West Australian "...reflective, warm and wise..." Weekly Times "Liz Byrski has a guaranteed cheer squad for her novels which champion...women taking charge of their life and growing old creatively." Daily Telegraph "This is Byrski's 10th novel. She's a writer who clearly knows her readers as intimately as she knows her characters. There is something soothing about the way A Month of Sundays meanders around and about these women's lives, gently prising open old wounds and locating in the bonds they form - cemented by the books they read - a degree of healing." Weekend Australian
Main title:
A Month of Sundays [electronic resource] / Liz Byrski
Author:
Byrski, Liz, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2018
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 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 on Addiction, Ed...
ISBN:
9781760781286
Language:
English
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BRN:
356425
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