Gabrielle Carey

Two literary lives defined by storytelling and secrets. As her mother Joan lies dying, Gabrielle Carey writes a letter to Joan's childhood friend, the reclusive novelist Randolph Stow. This letter sets in motion a literary pilgrimage that reveals long-buried family secrets. Like her mother, Stow had grown up in Western Australia. After early literary success and a Miles Franklin Award...

Gabrielle Carey narrates a riveting journey through the life and work of one of last century's most successful — and almost forgotten — women novelists, Elizabeth von Arnim. When I discovered Elizabeth von Arnim, I found, for the first time, a writer who wrote about being happy. Elizabeth von Arnim is one of the early 20th century's most famous —...

A revolutionary and timeless tale of rebellion, surfing, and youthful discovery. 'By day, we were at school learning logarithms, but by night - in the back of cars, under the bowling alley, on Cronulla Beach, or, if you were lucky, in a bed while someone's parents were out - you paid off your friendship ring.' For Deb and Sue, life...