My Brilliant Career

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: Angus And Robertson
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1982
Edition: Reprint

Description: 232 pages. Jacket is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Story Of A Young Girl Hungering For Life And Love In The Harsh Outback Plains Of New South Wales.

Publishers Description: A coming-of-age story set in the Australian bush, originally published in 1901. Sybylla Melvin is a misfit. She barely endures the dreary life of dairy farming in a family that can hardly make ends meet. Out of the blue, she is invited to move back to the family property, Caddagat, to live with Grannie, Aunt Helen, and Uncle Jay Jay. With a cast of interesting neighbors and friends, Sybylla finally seems to discover hope in the world. She is nourished by thoughtful conversation, books, and music. Harold Beechams love, however, throws her into indecision and painful tension. Will she be satisfied with following the well-trodden path of marriage - a path she perceives as demeaning and restrictive And when she is abruptly sent away from Caddagat to help pay family debts, her "brilliant career" takes a disruptive turn.

ISBN: 020713796x