Gabrielle Carey Livres

Exploring the life of Elizabeth von Arnim, Gabrielle Carey delves into the experiences of a pioneering woman novelist whose insights into women's struggles for happiness were ahead of her time. Born in Sydney in the 1800s, von Arnim became a bestselling author, married into European nobility, and formed friendships with literary giants like H.G. Wells and E.M. Forster while raising five children. Carey's narrative unfolds as a quest to uncover the legacy of this remarkable yet overlooked figure in literature.

Bestselling author Kathy Lettes debut novel is available in Britain for the first time.Written twenty years ago, Puberty Blues is the bestselling account of growing up in the 1970s that took Australia by storm and spawned an eponymous cult movie. It also marked the starting point of Kathy Lettes writing career, which sees her now as an author at the forefront of her field.Puberty Blues is about top chicks and surfie spunks and the kids who dont quite make the cut: it recreates with fascinating honesty a world where only the gang and the surf count. Its a hilarious and horrifying account of the way many teenagers live and some of them die. Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Careys insightful novel is as painfully true today as it ever was.

If you know nothing about James Joyce but would like to this is the book for you. If you know a little about James Joyce and would like to know more but not too much, this is the book for you. And if you are a die-hard Joycean who has spent your life puzzling over his work but know nothing about his life, this is also the book for you.