On Luck
Published on 1. October 2008
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-0-522-85586-9 (ISBN)
Description
MUP's new series ""Little Books on Big Themes"" pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with some of the big themes in life. Each author's 10,000-word take on a chosen theme is presented as an eminently collectible hardback. Australia has always prided itself on its luckiness...In ""On Luck"", Anne Summers thinks on this characteristic, and especially what happens when luck runs out.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
135 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-85586-9 (9780522855869)
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Person
Anne Summers is a bestselling author and columnist and a former editor-in-chief of landmark American feminist magazine, Ms. She was a political adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating and ran the Office of the Status of Women for Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1986. Her books include Damned Whores and God's Police (1975; 1994; 2002), Ducks on the Pond (1999) and The End of Equality (2003).