Mary Garden in-conversation with Anna Featherstone
Sat, 29 June
|Better Read Than Dead
Join us with Mary Garden to celebrate the release of My Father's Suitcase! Mary will be joined by Anna Featherstone.
Time & Location
29 June 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
A gripping tale of resilience and survival that offers hope to others who have experienced family violence and suffered at the hands of a sibling.
Newtown Review of Books: ‘a raw and compelling memoir as well as an interesting slice of social history … well researched and elegantly written by an author with admirable strength of character.’
Books+Publishing: ‘A must-read memoir, and while the topic may be uncomfortable, Garden’s matter-of-fact writing style is not. One can only hope My Father’s Suitcase is Garden reclaiming her story and an ultimate catharsis.’
The Age/SMH: 'A fearlessly candid story ... underpinned by an abiding, humane sensitivity.'
A deeply personal and heartbreaking memoir that explores the troubled relationship between Mary Garden and her younger sister, Anna, who died in 2023 after a short illness.
Mary unpacks her life of growing up in New Zealand in the 1950s and ’60s, before making Australia home.…
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$5.00
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