Barefoot in the Bindis

Angela Wales, Angela Wales

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English

Affirm Press
26 March 2019

Memoirs; Biography - Australian

A circle of pine trees, a sagging wire fence, and a roof that was once painted red.

'There it is,' said Dad.

In 1953, after doctors prescribed fresh country air for his health, Scottish-born Robert Wales uprooted his young family from the city life of Sydney and set out to establish a sheep farm in the bush. What he lacked in experience and expertise, he made up for in enthusiasm. Or so he hoped.

When the family arrived on a lonely hill in northern New South Wales, they had no electricity, no running water, no telephone and no choice but to make that tangle of bush their home. From Angela Wales, eldest of the five kids, comes this extraordinarily vivid and evocative account of the next ten years as they tried to tame six thousand acres and navigate the challenges of country life.

Filled with drama and hilarity, joy and back-breaking toil, BAREFOOT IN THE BINDIS portrays a childhood spent in the bush, and is a sensational picture of Australia past.

By: Angela Wales, Angela Wales
Imprint: Affirm Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 411g
ISBN: 9781925870213
ISBN 10: 1925870219
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 March 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angela Wales grew up the oldest of five children in Walcha NSW. After the family's move to Sydney she attended the University of Sydney, graduating in English and classics. She was executive director of the Australian Writers Guild for 10 years, after which she moved to the US and became Executive Director of the Writers Guild Foundation (the educational and charitable arm of the Writers Guild of America West) in Los Angeles. She returned to Australia in late 2013 to help take care of her elderly mother. Barefoot in the Bindis is her first book.

Reviews for Barefoot in the Bindis

Endlessly vivid and enjoyable, full of stories and characters that will tug at both your imagination and memory. - Richard Glover Rich, nourishing, totally engrossing and very moving. - Margaret Pomeranz