| Record Number |
791125 |
| ISBN |
9781925603491 (paperback) |
| Author |
Wheatley, Nadia, 1949- author. |
| Title |
Her mother's daughter : a memoir / Nadia Wheatley. |
| Publisher/Date |
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Pagination etc. |
324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographic references. |
| Summary Note |
Born in Australia in 1949, author Nadia Wheatley grew up with a sense of the mystery of her parents' marriage. Caught in the crossfire between an independent woman and a controlling man, the child became a player in the deadly game. Was she her mother's daughter, or her father's creature? After her mother's death, the ten-year-old began writing down the stories her mother had told her - of a Cinderella-like childhood, followed by an escape into a career as an army nurse in Palestine and Greece, and as an aid-worker in the refugee camps of post-war Germany. Some fifty years later, the finished memoir is not only a loving tribute but an investigation of the bewildering processes of memory itself. |
| Subject - Name |
Wheatley, Nadia, -- 1949-Family |
| Wheatley, Nadia, -- 1949-Childhood and youth |
| Subject |
Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography |
| Mothers and daughters -- Australia -- Biography |
| Dysfunctional families -- Australia -- Biography |
| Autobiographies. |
| Shelf Location |
A823.3 WHEA |
