Can You Hear the Sea? My Grandmother’s Story

Brenda Niall

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Brenda Niall has turned her biographer’s eye to a personal subject—her grandmother, Aggie. She tells the story of a fiercely independent and intelligent woman who braved a new country as a single woman, teaching in a country school, before marrying a Riverina grazier, whose large powerful family was wary of the newcomer with ideas of her own. Aggie dealt with hardships and loneliness after the early and drawn-out death of her husband, and brought up her seven children to be happy—all with a calm determination. But it was the memory box and her longing for the sea that captured the imagination of her granddaughter.
276 pages, [8] pages of unnumbered plates : colour illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm #160222
Maguire, Agnes Jane. | Grandmothers — Australia — Biography. | Single women — Australia — Biography. | Women immigrants — Australia — Biography | Farm life — Australia — Biography. | Australian

Additional Information

AuthorBrenda Niall
Number of pages276 pages, [8] pages of unnumbered plates : colour illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm
PublisherText Publishing, Melbourne
Year Published2017
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

As new!

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