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A Word Before I Go|Barbara Whitley

A Word Before I Go : A Memoir

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'What you are thinking about me is right, ' says I, 'and it's wonderful and beautiful, and if you make it ugly for me I'll hate you for the rest of my life ' So flopping down and turning my poor brave face to the wall ... I'm still glad I said that.

Raised in a Sydney family of successful older brothers and sisters, young Barbara Whitley is determined to find her own direction. Her choices are instinctive but not always wise in the cramped world of the 1930s - a degree in Classics that fitted her for no profession, bad choices in men, taking a flat on her own when she'd grown up in the warmth of a loving family, a thoughtless marriage choice. The War comes, and Barbara's struggle for selfhood is further constrained, not least by the birth of her daughter and the failure of her marriage. And yet, luck finally takes a hand, in the form of a handsome lieutenant on leave in Sydney.

With an Introduction by Garry Kinnane

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  • ISBN-13: 9780648746904
  • ISBN-10: 0648746909
  • Publisher: Clouds of Magellan Pub.
  • Publish Date: March 2020
  • Dimensions: 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.43 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
  • Page Count: 204

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