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The Heart Garden by Janine BurkeJanine Burke returns to the territory she covered in the popular and award-winning Australian Gothic in this biography of Australian 20th-century art scene lynchpin Sunday Reed. From the beginning of her life, born into the Baillieu family, through to its end at her home that became one of Australia’s best-known and –regarded modern art museums, Heide, Sunday was an extraordinary figure, well-deserving of this detailed biography.Published 25 February, 2005 The Heart Garden (Janine Burke, Random House, $49.95 hb, ISBN 1740512022, October) **** ~ Janine Burke returns to the territory she covered in the popular and award-winning Australian Gothic in this biography of Australian 20th-century art scene lynchpin Sunday Reed. From the beginning of her life, born into the Baillieu family, through to its end at her home that became one of Australia’s best-known and –regarded modern art museums, Heide, Sunday was an extraordinary figure, well-deserving of this detailed biography. The book in large part concerns itself with the ménage between Sunday, her husband John Reed and the renowned artist Sidney Nolan, but canvasses Sunday’s (and John’s) incredible influence in the Australian, and particularly Melbourne, art world. Hester, Tucker, Boyd, Brack, Mora and Blackman are just some of the many familiar names that are brought to life by Burke’s intensely researched work. But Sunday—her mood swings, her creativity, her lifestyle and through it all, her gardens—remains the core of this work. The title is a reference to a secret garden that Sunday created at Heide in memory of Nolan, her great love. The book will be a handsome Christmas sale for historians, art buffs, gardeners and fans of Australiana alike. Eliza Metcalfe is AB&P’s editorial coordinator This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2004, Thorpe-Bowker More from Biography and Autobiography Reviews
A book to appeal to animal lovers, Stanley and Sophie is about one woman’s journey after the death of her husband and the two dogs that join her along the way. Australian-born Kate Jennings, the author, lives in New York and after her husband dies, she ends up giving a terrier called Stanley a home.18 March, 2008 
In April, HarperCollins will release Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography, by Jill Roe. Roe, who was recently named an Officer of the Order of Australia17 March, 2008 
Australian Paula Constant has written a lifeaffirming, positive, inspiring and informative narrative of her emotional and physical journey to give up a teaching job in London and walk for three years with her husband23 February, 2008 
This is the inspiring and uplifting story of the determination, dedication and sacrifice of a mother, and her unwavering quest to help her 12-year-old son, Jonathan, after he was hit by a car and left brain-damaged.23 February, 2008 
Weiss is marriage-less, childless and of Czech origin, so decides to abandon her life in Sydney and spend a year in Prague. She goes because there is nothing to stop her, but finds it isn’t as easy as she first thought.23 February, 2008 
David Stratton is a big name in cinema in Australia. As co-presenter of film review shows on the ABC and SBS, and with regular columns in The Australian, Stratton’s position as a first-grade reviewer is undeniable.23 February, 2008 
South Africa was a tumultuous place at the end of apartheid. As a community aid worker in the townships, Sydneysider Sandy Blackburn-Wright was uniquely placed to observe the effects and after effects of apartheid and its demise.23 February, 2008 
Howard Hughes was a man of huge ambitions: a perfectionist who directed the most expensive movie ever made; a mogul who bedded dozens of starlets; a pioneering aviator who insisted on test-piloting his own planes23 February, 2008 
What a great idea to reissue this book, a favourite of many when first published in 1964, and one of the first CBCA winners with a teenager as the main character.2 February, 2007 
Zab Judah had a big mouth. And when he opened it, he couldn't help himself. Self-effacement wasn't a word in his vocabulary. But self-importance and self-promotion certainly were.2 February, 2007 |
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