The Book of Ethel

by Jordie Albiston

Book Overview

The subject of these poems is the author's maternal great grandmother. Born in 1872, in St Just, Cornwall, Ethel emigrated to Australia at the age of fifteen. Beginning married life in a one-room tin shack outside Mildura, she published articles and her own collection of short stories, moving house frequently and raising six children along the way. These poems are compact and precise micro-portraits in verse, coming from a kind of baroque centre,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922186260
• ISBN13: 9781922186263
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Puncher & Wattmann
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"