Purple Prose edited by Liz Byrski and Rachel Robertson

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor edgewear. Tiny mark on top foredge. Previous owner has cut name from inside half-title page.

Purple Prose introduces fifteen new works of non-fiction by Australian women writers, each responding to the colour purple. In their hands, purple takes on many meanings. From a story about King George's coronation gown to pigeon fanciers and the Dockers' Purple Haze, this is a book for women readers everywhere.

Purple Prose features new works by Amanda Curtin, Lily Chan, Hanifa Deen, Sarah Drummond, Lucy Dougan, Tracy Farr, Deborah Hunn, Natasha Lester, Toni Jordan, Anne Manne, Rosemary Stevens, Annamaria Weldon, Jacqueline Wright, Liz Byrski and Rachel Robertson. (publisher blurb)