{"title":"Helen Vines","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelen Vines offers a compelling exploration of Australian cultural history through her vivid and insightful storytelling. Her works blend biography and creative narrative to bring lesser-known figures and stories to life, inviting readers into rich, evocative worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate Vines’s careful attention to character and place, as well as her ability to uncover the nuances behind her subjects’ lives. Her writing is both thoughtful and engaging, perfect for those drawn to literary biographies and historical profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eve-langley-and-the-pea-pickers-by-helen-vines-9781922464392","title":"Eve Langley and The Pea Pickers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAutobiography or fiction? This question has shadowed the work of enigmatic Australian author Eve Langley since her first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Pea Pickers\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1942. Almost immediately after, Eve was committed to a mental asylum in Auckland where she remained for more than seven years, separated from her three young children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHailed as a tour de force, \u003cem\u003eThe Pea Pickers\u003c\/em\u003e was based on Eve’s real-life experiences in the 1920s and tells the story of two feisty sisters who wander the Australian countryside dressed as men seeking work and adventure. But woven subtly into this brilliant and funny coming-of-age story is the portrait of a complex family constellation: a masculine mother, an evil father, the narrator’s adoring sister, and a perplexing heroine who adopts the name of Steve Hart, one of the Ned Kelly gang who was known to masquerade as a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on contemporary evidence, \u003cem\u003eEve Langley and The Pea Pickers\u003c\/em\u003e offers a biography that unravels the life and the fiction, and the result is a fascinating and ultimately poignant tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424096698604,"sku":"9781922464392","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781922464392.jpg?v=1774769177"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/helen-vines.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}