Whatever Next ?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life by Anne Glenconner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
**Instant Sunday Times Bestseller** Bracing honesty, rare insight, and more revelations: theNew York Timesbestselling author ofLady in Waiting shares everything she's learned from her extraordinary and unexpected life. Lady in Waiting brought us royal magic, beguiling insight, and jaw-dropping stor ...Show more
Born to Run: My Story by Cathy Freeman
$17.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
When Cathy Freeman won gold at the Sydney Olympics, she became a champion, everyone loved her and everyone knew her. But she wasn't always famous. Ages 9+.
Trigger Warning - My Lesbian Feminist Life by Sheila Jeffreys
$32.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
Trigger Warning: My Lesbian Feminist Life is both an engaging autobiography and a fascinating account of feminist history, from the heady days of the Women's Liberation Movement through to the backlash against radical feminism as neoliberal laissez-faire attitudes took hold. Fast forward to the current ...Show more
Why We Sing - A memoir about the power of singing to make connections, to heal and expand our lives by Julia Hollander
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
A memoir celebrating the power of song to lift our mood and restore our sense of connection to other people and the world. Singing makes you feel good. Everyone who sings in a community choir or just in the shower knows this, and relishes the sense of liberation, connection and sheer joy that singing ca ...Show more
A Lot With A Little by Tim Costello
$45.00 AUD
Category: Memoir | Series: Australian
In this evocative memoir, Tim Costello explores the people and experiences that have shaped him into a socially active fighter for the world's most challenging issues. Tracing each defining stage of his life with stark insight and honesty, Tim untangles his ongoing struggle to align his self-perception ...Show more
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing. Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries abo ...Show more
A Repurposed Life by Ronni Kahn
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
'From the founder of OzHarvest, an ebullient, generous memoir with an exhilarating message.' ANNABEL CRABB 'Brimming with energy, altruism and refreshing candour' QUENTIN BRYCE 'The inspiring story of a woman with a big heart who dared to make a difference. This is a must-read book. I couldn't put it do ...Show more
Don't Be Too Polite, Girls: A memoir by Wendy McCarthy
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Educator, activist, agent of change - the life and career of one of Australia's most influential women. 'McCarthy's advocacy and passion for women's rights has spurred a new generation. We wouldn't be where we are without her.' Sydney Morning Herald, 'Who Mattered in 2019' 'A woman of kindness and str ...Show more
Working Stiff by Judy Melinek; T. J. Mitchell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Dr Judy Melinek has made a career out of working with dead bodies. As a forensic pathologist, she has probed and prodded corpses for clues that may reveal murder, suicide, a medical accident or a rare genetic disease This fearless memoir tells the gripping story of the young doctor's 'rookie season' as ...Show more
Growing Grapes Might Be Fun: How We Made a Vineyard Out of a Junkyard at Cockatoo Hill by Deirdre Macken
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
An honest, very funny account of a couple's move to the country for a fresh start. Bursting with optimism and a can-do attitude, they're on a steep learning curve as they establish a vineyard and learn how things are done in the country. I imagined lounging on a veranda overlooking folds of hills stripe ...Show more
Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
In the vein of Tara Westover's Educated, Daniella Mestyanek's memoir is a searing and powerful testament to a woman's ability to transform the circumstances of her life through inner strength and resilience. Told in a beautiful, propulsive voice and with clear-eyed honesty, Uncultured first takes us beh ...Show more
A Scar is Also Skin (PB) by Ben Mckelvey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
From bestselling author Ben Mckelvey comes the inspiring story of stroke, heart attack, survival and remaking a broken body and mind. A book for those who bought Sarah Wilson's First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, Osher Gunsberg's Back, After the Break and Emma Carey's The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. ...Show more