Nothing to Spare - Recollections of Australian Pioneering Women

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 3rd. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1983 (1981)* Publisher: Penguin Books Australia.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems very lightly used if at all. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. All edges slightly grubby. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos within text throughout & one line drawn map at front. * Pages: 226 pp. text. xvi pp. advertisements, bibliography, acknowledgements, glossary, notes & index at rear.* Product Description:- "Nothing to Spare" presents a series of sensitively etched portraits of women who have experienced nearly a century of Australia's history. Drawing on their own evocative accounts, Jan Carter reaches into the lives of women whose situations range from a butcher's daughter who delivered each of her seventeen children alone in a tent, to a bishop's daughter who took her upper-class position for granted. Their memories reveal vividly the society of the times ~ in the outback, on the goldfields, in the city - and offer rich insights into their roles and identity, their aspirations and relationships. This book is more than a collection of reminiscences by particular people at a particular time: it implies that women who are now forgotten and isolated because they are old have powerful messages for us, when they are allowed to speak. They challenge us to reassess our own lives and values and especially our attitudes towards old people.* This is a VG++ copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear.*