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Woman in a Lampshade

Woman in a Lampshade( )
Author: Jolley, Elizabeth
ISBN:978-0-14-015631-7
Publication Date:Feb 1992
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Penguin Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.95
Book Description:

In this masterly collection of stories, Elizabeth Jolley has created a splendid array of characters, all of whom fail to achieve the expected. Her stories are sometimes slyly comic, sometimes disturbing - but always they are written with a delicacy and compassion as moving as the characters themselves.

Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.1 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm
Book Weight:0.177 Kilograms
Author Biography
Jolley, Elizabeth (Author)
Elizabeth Jolley was born Monica Elizabeth Knight in Birmingham, England on June 4, 1923. She was educated privately until age 11, when she was sent to Sibford School, a Quaker boarding school. At 17 she began training as nurse in London and was exposed firsthand to the horrors of World War II. She emigrated to Australia in 1959 with her husband and their three children. Before becoming a full-time author, she had numerous jobs including nursing, housecleaning, and farming.

She published her first book of short stories, Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories, in 1976, and her first novel, Palomino, in 1980. Her other works included The Newspaper of Claremont Street, Mr. Scobie's Riddle, The Well, My Father's Moon, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, Foxybaby, and The Sugar Mother. She died on February 13, 2007 at the age of 83.

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