Daisy Bates in the Desert
Author | : Julia Blackburn |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2011-02-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781407073804 |
ISBN-13 | : 140707380X |
Rating | : 4/5 (80X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Daisy Bates in the Desert by : Julia Blackburn
Download or read book Daisy Bates in the Desert written by Julia Blackburn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1913, when she was 54 years old, Daisy Bates went to live in the deserts of South Australia. And there she stayed, with occasional interruptions, for almost 30 years. In Daisy Bates in the Desert Julia Blackburn explores the ancient and desolate landscape where Ms Bates says she was most happy. She fuses her own imagination and experience with that of Daisy Bates, unitl she seems to be recalling this other life as it it were her own.