Drusilla Modjeska

How six extraordinary women artists of the twentieth century reframed the narrative through their art and lives. When a woman makes art, what does she see? When she picks up her brush and looks in the mirror? When she takes off her clothes and paints herself naked? Or when she raises her camera and turns it towards another woman, a...

A stunning memoir from one of Australia's most highly acclaimed writers. Beginning with the disastrous events of the night before her fortieth birthday, Drusilla Modjeska looks back on the past thirty years. In asking the candid questions that so many of us face—about love and independence, growing older, the bonds of friendship and family—she reassesses the experiences that have shaped...