Sydney Barmaid Livres

Caddie, the Story of a Barmaid is the fictionally embellished autobiography of Catherine "Caddie" Edmonds, who worked as a barmaid in Sydney during the Great Depression. Published anonymously in 1953 under Edmonds' nickname, which was coined by a lover who likened her to "the sleek body and class of his Cadillac motorcar", Caddie attracted wide critical acclaim upon its original publication in London, and became a bestseller when it was adapted into a feature film in 1976, one year after International Women's Year. The book follows the story of the nicknamed author, Caddie, from a brief outline of her childhood to her work as a barmaid and, later, SP bookmaking, during the Great Depression until the outbreak of World War II. During this time Caddie overcomes numerous hardships as she raises her two children without the support of family or her estranged husband, Jon Marsh.