On Shirley Hazzard: Writers on Writers

Michelle De Kretser

Black Inc. Books

The story of three fearless female journalists who courageously reported from the frontlines of the Vietnam War, and transformed the future of war reportage. 
One spent 23 days in captivity. Another jumped off planes to get the perfect aerial shot. The other reported from war-torn slums and villages. Catherine Leroy, Frankie Fitzgerald and Kate Webb were the first female frontline journalists in the history of US war reporting. Over the course of the Vietnam War they challenged the rules and expectations imposed on them, all in an effort to get the story right. 
Using the stories of Catherine, Frankie, and Kate, Elizabeth Becker traces the war in Vietnam from the Tet Offensive to the revolution in Cambodia to the American defeat and aftermath. Kate Webb, an Australian reporter, was captured by the Vietcong only to continue her fearless reporting after her release. Frankie Fitzgerald arrived in Vietnam as a freelancer but her powerful coverage earned her bylines in The New Yorker, and she became the first woman war reporter for the magazine. And at only 22, the French Catherine Leroy was one of the only female photographers in Vietnam. Her work went on to win the highest accolades in photography, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award. 
But aside from their numerous recognitions, all three women achieved something else; they overcame various setbacks and limitations all in pursuit of the truth. In You Don't Belong Here, Becker presents powerful female characters in a trailblazing narrative telling the story of how three women forged a place for themselves and for generations of female reporters to come.

You Don't Belong Here; How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

Elizabeth Becker

From one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother-daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control.One hundred days. It's no time at all, she tells me. But she's not the one waiting.In a heady whirlwind of independence, lust and defiance, sixteen-year-old Karuna falls pregnant. Not on purpose, but not entirely by accident, either. Incensed, Karuna's mother, already over-protective, confines her to their fourteenth-storey housing-commission flat, to keep her safe from the outside world - and make sure she can't get into any more trouble.Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date draws ever closer, the question of who will get to raise the baby - who it will call Mum - festers between them.One Hundred Days is a fractured fairytale exploring the faultlines between love and control. At times tense and claustrophobic, it is nevertheless brimming with humour, warmth and character. It is a magnificent new work from one of Australia's most celebrated writers.'The tale of mothers and daughters the world over, this is truly fiction at its fiercest. It is a masterpiece, a triumph.' -Maxine Beneba Clarke'Pung's command as a writer is astonishing, elating. I adore this book.' -Christos Tsiolkas

One Hundred Days

Literature & Fiction

Alice Pung

Contemporary

The first Pilates book for travelers. Readers can now continue their Pilates routines while away on business or vacation -- even in an aiplane seat-- with this wonderful little book, which offers * easy-to-follow instructions * exercises for people of any age and level of fitness * instructional black and white photos * the perfect size for a purse or briefcase Alida, an ex-prima ballerina and an exclusive Australian Pilates instructor, demonstrates that Pilates-based exercises are so adaptable and minimalist, they can be done almost anywhere, such as waiting in lines or in confined spaces.

Travel Pilates: Fitness To Go

Belair, Alida

Religion & Spirituality

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Humor & Entertainment

Simon Leys

Humor

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