Balwyn Booktalk 23 Feb 2009.

If you were unable to get to today's Balwyn booktalk here is a list of the books that were discussed.

Lisa

Rocchiccioli, Roland. And be home before dark: a childhood on the edge of nowhere

791.092 ROC

Tsiolkas, Christos. The slap

FIC TSIOL

Webster, Jane. At my French table

944.084092 WEB

Zuckerman, Andrew. Wisdom

FOL 779.2 ZUC

Lorraine

Dando, Eric Yoshiaki. Oink, oink, oink: a savage modern fable

FIC DANDO

Gombrich, E. H. The story of art

709 GOM

Murakami, Haruki. What I talk about when I talk about running

928.956 MUR

McLuhan, Marshall. The medium is the massage

302.2 MACL

Sue

Russell, Mary Doria. A thread of grace

FIC RUSSE

Cleave, Chris. The other hand

FIC CLEAV

Campbell, Liza. Title deeds: a work of friction

920.72 CAM

Mundy, Jane. Cholas in bowlers: journey to Bolivia

984.092 MUN

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Meet the author: Roland Rocchiccioli

Meet Roland Rocchiccioli - author of And be home before dark: a childhood on the edge of nowhere.

And be home before dark is the heart-wrenching childhood memoir set in the dust and desolation of outback Western Australia in the 1950s

Roland writes candidly about his remarkable mother, Beria, whose indomitable spirit could never be broken; of his father Ginger, an underground miner who came to Australia from Tuscany in 1926 and never recovered from the cultural shock; of Beria’s jealous husband Steve and of the domestic violence that cast a dark shadow over tracts of his childhood years.

With his astonishing eye for detail and his sharp recollections, And be home before dark is an illuminating story of optimism and determination which will touch your heart.

This event is free however bookings are essential.

When: Tuesday 10 March at 7.30pm
Where: Kew Library, Cnr Cotham Road & Civic Drive, Kew
Phone: 9278 4666 or book online