Visible signs of ageing : representing older women in Australian popular fiction

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Visible signs of ageing : representing older women in Australian popular fiction

At the start of a new millennium, after thirty years of writing journalism and non-fiction, I began my first novel. I had always wanted to write fiction but the need to earn a living had kept me working to short deadlines with the reassurance of a pay cheque. It was when I was in my mid-fifties and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Byrski, Elizabeth
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/251

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