This was followed by Lilian's Story in 1986, the story of a bag-lady on the streets of Sydney in the middle of the twentieth century: a woman of education and prospects who chooses a different destiny for herself, partly in response to sexual abuse by her father. A companion volume ( Dark Places, 1994, published in the US as Albion's Story) tells the story of that abusing father from his point of view.ĭreamhouse (1987), a black comedy set in Tuscany, tells the story of a marriage disintegrating because of the husband's refusal to accept that he is attracted to men rather than women.
Her first book was a collection of short stories ( Bearded Ladies, 1984), about women who do not fit the conventional feminine stereotype. After then studying writing in the US for two years, she returned to Australia where she currently lives with her family. She began her working life as an editor of documentary films, but in her late 20s moved to the UK, where she lived and worked for several years as an editor, typist and freelance journalist. Kate Grenville was born in Sydney, Australia, and holds degrees from the University of Sydney, the University of Colarado (US), and the University of Technology, Sydney.
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