A House of Trees by Joan Colebrook

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are also very good.

Memoirs of a Queensland childhood.

Joan Colebrook was born and brought up in the virgin tablelands of northern Australia, where the rainforests surrounded her family's rough-hewn house. This discerning and lyrical memoir tells of a country that was rich in beauty and contradictions: Aboriginal gunyahs and afternoon tea; monsoons and Victrola dances; bush missionaries and Anglican girls' schools.

A House of Trees takes us from Joan Colbrook's childhood in Queensland to the moment when, in 1937, she left Australia.