Childhood at Brindabella: My First Ten Years by Miles Franklin

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Sunning to top foredge. Small mark on back endpage. Dust jacket has wear to edges and marks on back cover, now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Interior and binding are still very good. First edition.

This delightful autobiography is the story of Miles Franklin's (1879-1954) first ten years, spent partly on her parents' station in the mountain valley of Brindabella, not far from the present Canberra. It is the world of high places and graceful living which she portrayed in her novels, here recaptured with unfaltering warmth and simplicity.

It is about how the old pioneer houses were built, how the infant Miles hid under the table to listen to adults' conversation; how she drove a team of bullocks; a lovely, deeply human book full of the natural history of snakes, goannas, remittance men, boys, aunts and uncles.

Childhood at Brindabella was written in 1952-53, but not published until her death.