A Private Life: Fragments, Memories, Friends by Michael Kirby
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A Private Life: Fragments, Memories, Friends by Michael Kirby

SKU TBM9781742376202
AU$24.00
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Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book edges at spine. Interior and binding are excellent. Inscribed by author. Dust jacket has protective plastic covering.

A collection of reminiscences that reveal the private Michael Kirby. Speaking in his own voice, he opens up as never before in a beautifully written, reflective and generous memoir - one that Michael Kirby's many admirers have been waiting for.

Michael Kirby is one of Australia's most admired public figures. At a time of spin and obfuscation, he speaks out passionately and straightforwardly on the issues that are important to him. Even those who disagree with him have been moved by the courage required of him to come out as a high-profile gay man, which at times has caused him to be subjected to the most outrageous assaults on his character.

This is a collection of reminiscences in which we can discover the private Michael Kirby. It allows the public figure to speak in his own voice, without an intermediary. He opens up as never before about his early life, about being gay, about his forty-two-year relationship with Johan van Vloten, about his religious beliefs and even about his youthful infatuation with James Dean, which sent him on a sentimental journey to Dean's hometown in the year 2000, an adventure he here wryly recalls.

Beautifully written, reflective and generous, in that warm and gently self-deprecating voice that is so characteristic of him, this is a memoir that Michael Kirby's many admirers have been waiting for. (publisher blurb)

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