Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love
Title | Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Hawthorne |
Publisher | Spinifex Press |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781875559626 |
This anthology reflects the varied tongues, the inventiveness, and the diversity of lesbian culture and writing.
The Butterfly Effect
Title | The Butterfly Effect PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Hawthorne |
Publisher | Spinifex Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9781876756567 |
This is a concept from physics in which it is surmised that small actions can have enormous consequences, and that the flutter of a butterfly's wing on one side of the world can cause devastating storms on the other side. This work includes poems on a range of subjects, including death, history, culture physics, and more.
Love Upon the Chopping Board
Title | Love Upon the Chopping Board PDF eBook |
Author | Marou Izumo |
Publisher | Spinifex Press |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781875559824 |
Marou Izumo and Claire Maree met at a bar in Tokyo. Separated by seventeen years difference in age, by their cultural origins, and by the requirements of visas, they have managed to maintain their relationship through these vicissitudes. Autobiography, duobiography, love story, cross-cultural reflections, lesbian history -- this book is all of these things and more. It looks at different perceptions and attitudes towards lesbians in Japan and Australia.
The C Word
Title | The C Word PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Taylor |
Publisher | Spinifex Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781875559992 |
An account of the different ways the diagnosis of ovarian cancer affected two lesbians who were partners and active members of the lesbian community in Melbourne in the 1990s. The book covers the events of the last two and a half years of Maureen O'Connor's life, from initial surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other treatment.
Ao Toa
Title | Ao Toa PDF eBook |
Author | Cathie Dunsford |
Publisher | Spinifex Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781876756437 |
Fired with her passion for life, food and challenge, Cowrie and her friends take on multinational corporations and the New Zealand government over the issue of genetically modified crops. As they grapple with concerns ranging from sick children to genetic engineering, they encounter corruption, politics and power.
The Good Greek Girl
Title | The Good Greek Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Katsonis |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2015-04-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1925183246 |
Did you hear the one about the good Greek girl who walked into a tattoo parlour to celebrate the anniversary of her discharge from a psych hospital? No? Well that’s not surprising because it’s not a joke, there is no punch line. It’s a true story about Maria Katsonis, the good Greek girl who grew up above her parents’ milk bar and shared a bedroom with her yiayia. That is until university when she discovered her rebellious side and her true sexuality. Summoning the courage to come out as a lesbian to her Greek Orthodox family and community, Maria was not met with love and support, but was ostracised. Embracing her imposed independence, Maria became your typical type A over-achiever. Furthering her studies later in life, Maria graduated from Harvard University with a Masters degree. Little did she know, in five years time, Maria would be alone on a bed in a white psych ward fighting for her life. Maria had experienced a complete mental breakdown, shattering her professional and personal identity. The Good Greek Girl will make you laugh, cry, gasp and smile, written with the honesty Maria’s story deserves, and the elegance and craft expected from such an inspiring public intellectual. Now a senior executive in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, an ambassador for beyondblue and advocate with the Australia Council for Mental Health, Maria has more than conquered the forces that held her back, she owns them. While she now lives with a chronic mental illness, Maria leads an active, meaningful and extraordinary life. Her story of triumph over adversity is nothing short of inspiring.
Aboriginal Country
Title | Aboriginal Country PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Bellear |
Publisher | University of Western Australia Press |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Australian poetry |
ISBN | 9781742589756 |
Wailing and Listing of Clans, Language Groups, Nations -- Warriors without Treaties -- Imagined Reality -- Conversations (aka unfinished business) -- Heart to Heart.