An interesting insight into the life of one of the best actresses of our time. Mainly a photopgraphic record with some quite candid shots. The format is reminiscent of a scrapbook. A brilliant example of what career focus coupled with determination can do.
by Tom Keneally
Sixty years after her husband was killed in the second world war, Grace is still not convinced about his death. She decides to find out more, but the more she discovers the more unpleasant and unpalatable the story of his death becomes. A typically well written book by this world famous author.
The Moonlit cage
by Linda Holeman
This fascinating novel is set in Afghanistan in the 1850s. The story is told through Darya’s eyes, a young Muslim girl growing up in a small village with her family. Before she dies, Darya’s elderly Grandmother tells her of her earlier life and her travels to far off places. This installs a yearning for more in life that what her parents had planned. Then a hateful curse by her father’s second wife leaves her an outcast in her community. Her only chance is to marry the son of a nomadic chief, but he turns out to be a cruel and wrathful husband. In desperation she flees and begins a long and perilous journey over several continents where her survival depends on the mysterious but kind English gentleman, David Ingram. This is an exciting read of love, loss and redemption while it also gives an insight into the plight of Muslim women and the culture of the various indigenous peoples of Afghanistan. CV
