Part confessional, part self-analysis, Paul Newman’s memoir, THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN, is an extraordinary read.
Begun as a project in 1986 as a collaboration with friend and confidant, two time Oscar nominated screenwriter Stewart Stern, …
‘ I have to finish the hat ‘
Sondheim fans will wallow luxuriously in this book .It is of medium to large size and relatively thick. There is a Prelude , a list of dramatis personae, it is divided into …
Amy Bloom blubbers buckets in her latest book, IN LOVE: A Memoir of Love and Loss. Unless you are made of stone, by the end you will join her.
IN LOVE is a two hundred page love letter to her …
‘Dance is an awareness of movement’ ( Philippa Cullen )
This is a fascinating yet unwieldy book. While it is relatively small, it is quite thick (over 500 pages). The amount of research that Juers has done is incredible – …
Balletomanes will love this book . It is intimately , warmly written .It is divided into twenty five chapters with a Forward , Introduction , Conclusion, Author’s Note , a glossary of ballet terms , end notes and an index …
How We Love is a memoir from childhood to age 41, by Clementine Ford, Australian feminist writer and broadcaster. It is a gender bending recounting of a troubled life, a tell-all, confusing recitation of vodka rattled romances, a divorce and …
This is a fascinating, in some ways disturbing biography of missionary Annie Lock, excellently written. Catherine Bishop’s research is extensive and she attempts to analyze the many conflicting sides of Lock and her controversial attitudes in a very fair manner. …
WOTAN’S DAUGHTER : THE LIFE OF MARJORIE LAWRENCE by Richard Davis is a captivating biography of Australian operatic megastar of the 1920’s and 30’s Marjorie Lawrence, The book, a new revised updated edition of the 2012 version is of small …
She was ‘amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle’. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends were either in disgrace or favour, a butt or a …
A very delightful book, warmly written. It is of medium size, not too thick and heavy so makes for a comfortable read. The publication is divided into twenty seven chapters with an epilogue and a great biographical timeline and bibliography, …
