The Bean Patch by Shirley Painter

The Bean Patch by Shirley Painter

An extraordinary memoir of abuse, survival and recovery in the tradition of Bad Blood and Once in A House on Fire Shirley Painter is 83 years old. She shouldn't be. When she was four years old she was so badly injured she was pronounced dead and taken to the morgue. the man who so severely injured her was her father. told in the third person, this is the story of how a young girl survived growing up in a volatile household in the 1920s and 1930s. How school - and later university - became her escape route from a family filled with secrets and violence. It is also a story of how, as a mature woman and a mother herself, she came to face what had happened to her as a child. How she had to bring long-buried memories into the light in order to move on. Beautifully written, this is a disturbing, compelling and ultimately inspirational story.

Shirley Painter was born 83 years ago and retains a sharp intelligence and quick sense of humour. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Melbourne University in the 1930s and for many years was a teacher at the prestigious St Catherine's School. She lives in Victoria.

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ISBN 13	9780732274214
ISBN 10	0732274214
Titre	The Bean Patch
Auteur	Shirley Painter
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Année de publication	2002-08-23
Nombre de pages	322
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