311 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents
Introduction: writing the garden -- Gertrude Bell: a garden's beginning -- Eva Kirk: the niece's story -- Mildred Hood: a garden of dreams -- Ann Tully: a defiant garden -- Jean Galbraith: a garden of friendship -- Winifred Stephensen: a garden of dissent -- Katharine Susannah Prichard: a garden of consolation -- Wendy O'Dowd: a garden in a marriage -- Judith Wright: the poet's gardens -- Epilogue
Summary
Publisher's description. This is an intimate exploration into the lives of nine twentieth-century women including Judith Wright, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Winifred Stephensen and Jean Galbraith who wrote about their garden in their letters and diaries
Analysis
Australian miscellaneous writings
Gardening
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-302) and index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-302) and index