All posts tagged "memoir"
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402Books & LiteratureBook Review: Turner’s Turn, by Geraldine Turner
MEMOIR: Geraldine Turner is one of Australia’s most renowned stars of the stage, but growing up in Brisbane in a dysfunctional family, Geraldine could hardly have imagined the places her talent would take her.
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266Books & LiteratureBook Review: Baggage, by Alan Cumming
BIOGRAPHY: A joyous and poignant book about the world of professional acting, the messiness of life and how every experience - good or bad - shapes who you are.
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534Books & LiteratureBook Review: Ciao Bella! by Kate Langbroek
MEMOIR: Kate Langbroek’s deliciously funny and inspiring memoir about moving to Italy with her family to seek la dolce vita.
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200Books & LiteratureBook Review: Two Cultures, One Story, by Dr Robert Isaacs
MEMOIR: Told with grace and strength, this memoir shares the inside story of a respected Elder, Dr Robert Francis Isaacs AM, OAM, PhD (Hon), and his drive to break down cultural barriers and improve the lives of his people.
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330Books & LiteratureBook Review: Debesa, by Cindy Solonec
HISTORY: This extraordinary and heartfelt story chronicles the lives of the Rodriguez family of Debesa Station in the West Kimberley; their livelihood through difficult times, love of family, place and culture, and the challenges of day-to-day living on a small sheep station amid huge pastoral properties.
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330Books & LiteratureBook Review: Taste, by Stanley Tucci
MEMOIR: From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and irresistible memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
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373Books & LiteratureBook Review: Broken: In the Best Possible Way, by Jenny Lawson
MEMOIR: A treat for Jenny Lawson's already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter.
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791Books & LiteratureBook Review: This Is Not a Love Song, by Amber Petty
MEMOIR: A memoir about mental health and love that intertwines the raw, personal soul-searching of a young woman with a ‘stranger-than-fiction’ psychological thriller.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Acknowledgments, by Becky Lucas
COMEDY: A funny, consoling and very candid collection of stories and essays about friends, enemies and figuring it out.
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761Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Boy from Birdum: The Bill Dempsey Story, by Bill Dempsey with Steve Hawke
MEMOIR: Bill Dempsey has been a champion footballer, premiership captain, and member of the AFL’s Indigenous Team of the Century. This is his story.
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859Books & LiteratureBook Review: Unfinished, By Priyanka Chopra Jonas
MEMOIR: As a world famous actress, singer, film producer, UNICEF ambassador and women's rights activist, Priyanka Chopra Jonas's first ever memoir will empower a generation of young women.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Never Grow Up, by Jackie Chan, with Zhu Mo
Superstar Jackie Chan reflects on his early life, his big breaks, his numerous brushes with death, and his life as a husband and father.
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924Books & LiteratureBook Review: In Pieces, by Sally Field
Academy Award winning actress, Sally Field, presents her long-awaited autobiography, detailing the influences and challenges of her life.
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973Books & LiteratureBook Review: Southern Discomfort, by Tena Clark
A powerful and moving memoir about a white girl coming of age in the South in the 1960s and the black woman who inspired her to forge her own path.
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865Books & LiteratureBook Review: Made in Scotland – My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country, by Billy Connolly
Comedian Billy Connolly returns to the country of his birth and upbringing, acknowledging what went before and reliving the journey that made him the man we know and love to laugh along with today.
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974Books & LiteratureBook Review: Keeping in touch with Cheryl, by Vincenzo Russo
Originally released as "Mama Mia! What a Climb!", this is the autobiography of Vincenzo Russo, from a distant Italian country town of the 1950s to present-day Adelaide, told as a series of letters to his late wife.
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899Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Extraordinary Life of Pikelet, by Calley Gibson
The memoir of a rescue dog who takes on the role of foster-brother-extraordinaire to love and help pups with an unfortunate start to the world.
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487Books & LiteratureBook Review: Â Shapeshifters, by Gavin Francis
A profound look into the way our bodies change, from puberty, pregnancy and gender dysphoria to anorexia and even death, using both medical knowledge and case studies.
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747Books & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Bridge Burning and Other Hobbies, by Kitty Flanagan
Comedian Kitty Flanagan recounts stories from her life in this collection of cautionary tales about childhood, hitchhiking, internet dating, relationships, yoga, travelling, and even murder!
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508Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind, by Barbara Lipska
This is a moving true account of the incredible journey through mental illness and back by neuroscientist Barbara Lipska when she discovered she had three tumours on her brain.
