The Newspaper of Claremont Street: Australian Classics - Softcover

Jolley, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1459630777 ISBN 13: 9781459630772

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2012

Synopsis

Elizabeth Jolley joins the handful of Australian writers of whom it may be said that their books are able to alter the direction of one's inner life. Elizabeth Ward, Washington Post. Weekly, an old cleaning lady known as the newspaper dreams of escape from the parasitic demands of the past and the present. This new edition of a contemporary classic re - introduces one of the author's most popular and distinctive characters.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Jolley was born in the industrial Midlands of England and came to Western Australia in 1959 with her husband. She published twenty-three books, including novels, short fiction, poetry, non-fiction and plays. Celebrated as one of Australia's major writers, she also established a formidable international reputation, with her books being widely published throughout the world. She received an Order of Australia for services to Australian literature and was awarded honorary doctorates from four universities. She died in February 2007.

From Publishers Weekly:

The memorable heroine of this novel is a walking "newspaper," who tells the people whose houses she cleans about all the events in the neighborhood. A "sad, sometimes wildly funny, altogether wonderful story," cheered PW. (Dec .
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About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1459630777
• ISBN 13: 9781459630772
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168