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The Onlookers

In childhood we press our noses to the pane looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane looking in.

Beschreibung

So often we hear "If only I had asked my parents and grandparents about their lives and what it was like growing up." My grandmother said the three saddest words in the English Dictionary were "It's too late.". The memories recorded in this book are those of my own and my friends' years growing up. They're not famous people, whose everyday lives seem to get lost and we learn nothing of the day-to-day realities of what songs they sang, what they ate, how they got by without the Xbox, digital games and screens. These are some of the questions I hope to answer before it's too late. Childhood shapes us into the people we become and, try as we may, there is no escaping its influences, or the period in which it's lived. As children we absorb everything going on around us in our immediate environment, and indirectly through the anxieties of our parents, who in turn are affected by what is going on in the world around them. For this reason, it's important to place the children in their time and write a little about world events which had an influence over their formative years and those of their parents. The stories told here are from those who grew up around the mid twentieth century, just a lifetime away from the children of today, but how vastly different they are. These were the ones who grew up in Australia as part of the complex jigsaw puzzle of the twentieth century.

Autor

Denbigh is an artist and writer, this being her fourth published book. However, her career began as an artist when she studied Italian at the University of Florence and at the same time, attended the Poggi School of Art.In 1960 her professional career began when she was invited to exhibit at the Clune Gallery, Sydney in the Young Artists Exhibition for promising young artists. Included were the now famous names of Colin Lanceley, Brett Whitely, Robert Hughes and Brian Dunlop. Since then, she has exhibited in numerous exhibitions, won various prizes and commendations, whilst many of her works are represented in private collections both in Australia and overseas.For 18 years she was a tutor in watercolour, figure drawing and pastel at the Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre in Sydney.In 2000 she received a Diploma of Professionals Children's Writing from the Australian College of Journalism leading to her writing career.She now lives in the Blue Mountains where she continues to paint and write.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alphabet Soup Design
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 216mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780648526926
• ISBN-10: 0648526925
• Artikelnr.: 64226802