Childhood at Brindabella

My First Ten Years

Miles Franklin

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ETT Imprint
15 October 2020

Biography; Biography: general; Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: literary; Gender studies: women

This delightful illustrated autobiography is the story of Miles Franklin's first ten years, spent partly on her parent's station in the mountain valley of Brindabella, not far from the present-day Canberra. It is a world of the high places and graceful living which she portrayed in her novels, here recaptured with unfaltering warmth and simplicity.

By: Miles Franklin
Imprint: ETT Imprint
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780648096337
ISBN 10: 0648096335
Pages: 123
Publication Date: 15 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Franklin grew up in isolated bush regions of New South Wales that were much like the glum setting of her first novel, My Brilliant Career (1901; filmed 1980), with its discontented, often disagreeable pioneer characters; yet, she was passionately attached to these regions. Franklin’s feminism and her outright rejection of traditional women’s roles made her books controversial in Australia (Encyclopedia Brittanica)