One Life
Kate GrenvilleOne Life is an act of great imaginative sympathy, a daughter’s intimate account of the patterns in her mother’s life. It is a deeply moving homage by one of Australia’s finest writers.
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Kate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Her bestselling novel The Secret River received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, & was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize & the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places, & Joan Makes History.
Kate's most recent book is One Life: My Mother’s Story.
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‘What a difficult thing it must have been to write, but what a treasure [Grenville] has given us...Evocative & fascinating, this brave & heartfelt tribute will appeal to anyone interested in their own family story, Australian history, or the lives of women.’ —Books & Publishing
‘Losing your mother is a turning point in everyone’s life...Kate Grenville has translated that revelation into a totally mesmerising story which reads not like a memoir, but rather like a perfectly paced novel.’ — Australian Women's Weekly
‘Real life painted with with an almost fictional verve, it’s an intensely engaging portrait of a world in flux.’ — New Daily