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A Woman's Work
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146108A Woman's Workhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-womans-work/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1681547/b4c86a0d-5c37-46e3-927f-7f479d8edcf3.jpg?v=638338618054330000484484MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Audiolibros/<p>The astonishingly rich prize of the 1956 <em>Australian Womens Weekly</em> cookery competition offers two women the possibility of a new kind of future, in this compassionate look at the extraordinary lives of ordinary women - our mothers and grandmothers - in a beautifully realised post-war Australia.</p><p>Its 1956, and while Melbourne is in a frenzy gearing up for the Olympics, the women of Australia are cooking up a storm for their chance to win the equivalent of a years salary in the extraordinary <em>Australian Womens Weekly</em> cookery contest.</p><p>For two women, in particular, the prize could be life-changing. For war widow and single mum Ivy Quinn, a win would mean more time to spend with her twelve-year-old son, Raymond. Mother of five Kathleen OGrady has no time for cooking competitions, but the prize could offer her a different kind of life for herself and her children, and the chance to control her own future.</p><p>As winter turns to spring both women begin to question their lives. For Kathleen, the grinding domesticity of her work as a wife and mother no longer seems enough, while Ivy begins to realise she has the courage to make a difference for other women and tell the truth about the ghosts from her past.</p><p>But is it the competition prize that would give them a new way of seeing the world - a chance to free themselves from societys expectation and change their own futures - or is it the creativity and confidence it brings?</p><p>Praise for Victoria Purman</p><p>Heart-achingly raw yet filled with the beauty of the human spirit, <em>[The Nurses War</em>] is a triumph that will linger in the heart and psyche. Karen Brooks, author of <em>The Good Wife of Bath</em></p><p>A richly crafted novel ... [<em>The Womens Pages</em>] graphically depicts life during those harrowing years. A touching tale and an enthralling read. <em>Readers Digest</em></p>...146367A Woman's Work484484https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-womans-work/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1681547/b4c86a0d-5c37-46e3-927f-7f479d8edcf3.jpg?v=638338618054330000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20239781460746271_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9781460746271_<p>The astonishingly rich prize of the 1956 <em>Australian Womens Weekly</em> cookery competition offers two women the possibility of a new kind of future, in this compassionate look at the extraordinary lives of ordinary women - our mothers and grandmothers - in a beautifully realised post-war Australia.</p><p>Its 1956, and while Melbourne is in a frenzy gearing up for the Olympics, the women of Australia are cooking up a storm for their chance to win the equivalent of a years salary in the extraordinary <em>Australian Womens Weekly</em> cookery contest.</p><p>For two women, in particular, the prize could be life-changing. For war widow and single mum Ivy Quinn, a win would mean more time to spend with her twelve-year-old son, Raymond. Mother of five Kathleen OGrady has no time for cooking competitions, but the prize could offer her a different kind of life for herself and her children, and the chance to control her own future.</p><p>As winter turns to spring both women begin to question their lives. For Kathleen, the grinding domesticity of her work as a wife and mother no longer seems enough, while Ivy begins to realise she has the courage to make a difference for other women and tell the truth about the ghosts from her past.</p><p>But is it the competition prize that would give them a new way of seeing the world - a chance to free themselves from societys expectation and change their own futures - or is it the creativity and confidence it brings?</p><p>Praise for Victoria Purman</p><p>Heart-achingly raw yet filled with the beauty of the human spirit, <em>[The Nurses War</em>] is a triumph that will linger in the heart and psyche. Karen Brooks, author of <em>The Good Wife of Bath</em></p><p>A richly crafted novel ... [<em>The Womens Pages</em>] graphically depicts life during those harrowing years. A touching tale and an enthralling read. <em>Readers Digest</em></p>...(*_*)9781460746271_<p>A Womans Work has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.</p>...9781460746271_HarperAudio(*_*)9781460746271_HarperCollins Publishersaudiolibro_790b2349-140e-3a91-96fe-d37eed96d480_9781460746271;9781460746271_9781460746271Victoria PurmanInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2023-04-05T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers