The house of fiction : Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley : a memoir / Susan Swingler ; with an afterword by Andrew Riemer.
Material type: TextPublication details: Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Press, 2012Description: 319 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 21 cmISBN: 9781921888663 (pbk.)Subject(s): Jolley, Elizabeth, 1923-2007 | Jolley, Susan -- Family | Jolley, Leonard, 1914-1994 | Jolley, Elizabeth, 1923-2007 | Swingler, Susan, 1946- -- Family | Jolley, Susan | Family secrets | Families -- Australia -- Biography | AustralianDDC classification: 920.720994 Summary: Susan Swingler is the step-daughter of one of Australia's most revered writers, Elizabeth Jolley. Abandoned by her father Leonard at the age of four, Susan had no contact with the Jolley family until they found and reclaimed her at the age of twenty-one. Why they were kept apart is the subject of this startling new memoir. The House of Fiction tells the story of Swingler's quest to find her father. As she painstakingly traces and documents clues to a better understanding of Leonard, she inadvertently unravels an intricate fiction created by Elizabeth Jolley to protect those she loves.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Susan Swingler is the step-daughter of one of Australia's most revered writers, Elizabeth Jolley. Abandoned by her father Leonard at the age of four, Susan had no contact with the Jolley family until they found and reclaimed her at the age of twenty-one. Why they were kept apart is the subject of this startling new memoir. The House of Fiction tells the story of Swingler's quest to find her father. As she painstakingly traces and documents clues to a better understanding of Leonard, she inadvertently unravels an intricate fiction created by Elizabeth Jolley to protect those she loves.
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