An Imperial Affair - Portrait of an Australian Marriage (Paperback, New)

Written by award-winning author John Rickard, An Imperial Affair takes us into the marriage of an Australian couple during a time when private lives were properly private, and when divorce was a scandal. The book shines a light on the family values and sexual dynamics of this period, conditioned as they were by the imperial relationship and cultural dependence on 'the mother country, ' which inevitably helped shape hopes, fear, and desires. This is also a beautifully told story of the author's sensitive and courageous quest to understand his parents Philip and Pearl, and the world he came from and grew up in, its fragile reality filtered through the prism of memory. Part biography, part autobiography, part social history, An Imperial Affair is also a complex, quintessentially Australian meditation on the nature of love

General

Imprint:	Monash University Publishing
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	John Rickard
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-922235-27-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-922235-27-X
Barcode:	9781922235275

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