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The Road from Coorain: A Woman's Exquisitely Clear-Sighted Memoir of Growing Up Australian (Vintage Departures)

There is a clarity, elegance, and beauty to Conway's Road to Coorainthat places it firmly at the apogee of autobiography along with such masterpieces as , by Annie Dillard.

From the first sentence, you will be drawn inexorably into the story of her childhood in New South Wales, Australia, and her gradual discovery of—and by—the larger world: the clarity of Conway's language satisfies like cold clear water after a day in the desert: the rhythm of her sentences has a timelessness and expansiveness akin to the Australian landscape itself. This is very likely a book you will remember the rest of yourlife. Highly Recommended.

Subject
biographyhistorymemoirtravelgeography
Genre
coming of ageadventurehistorical fiction
Themes
womenfeminismtravel
Setting
australiaafrica
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 238 pages

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