A House of Trees
Joan Colebrook(Author)
Chatto & Windus (Publisher)
Published in December 1988
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-7011-3133-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is an autobiography by one of Australia's finest writers. Joan Colebrook grew up in northern Queensland, where she tells of a country rich in beauty and contradictions: aboriginal gunyahs and afternoon tea; monsoons and Victrola dances; bush missionaries and Anglican girls' schools. The fourth child of cultivated, pioneering parents - her father was involved in politics - she came to recognise in herself a conflict between the demands of European decorum and the sort of courageous brashness which had originally brought families such as hers to this dangerous terrain. The author takes us through her childhood to the moment when, in 1936, she left Australia with her young American husband, giving us not only an autobiographical account but an insight into her homeland. Joan Colebrook is author of "All that seemed final", "The Northerner", "The Cross of Lassitude" and "The Innocence of the West".
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Illustrations
1 map.
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7011-3133-3 (9780701131333)
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Schweitzer Classification