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What's hot in the media - 21 April 2008A biography of a famous local - possibly Australia's first superstar - came first on our Most Mentioned chart this week.Published 21 April, 2008 
A biography of a famous local - possibly Australia's first superstar - came first on our Most Mentioned chart this week. I Am Melba is the story of Nellie Mitchell, later Nellie Melba, who fled married life in Australia for London to fulfill her dream of being a famous singer. Her affair with the heir to the French throne overshadowed her life and caused a Lady Diana-style pursuit by the press. Melba died shortly after an unsuccessful facelift, and flags were flown at half-mast. Most Mentioned in the Media this week: 2 Life in His Hands: The True Story of a Neurosurgeon and a Pianist by Susan Wyndham 3 Sum of Our Days, The by Isabel Allende 4 Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post 9/11 America, The by Susan Faludi 5 Men of the Line, The by Pattie Wright This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker
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