Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family

by Gabrielle Carey

As her mother Joan lies dying, Gabrielle Carey writes a letter to Joan's childhood friend, the reclusive novelist Randolph Stow. This letter sets in motion a literary pilgrimage that reveals long-buried family secrets. Like her mother, Stow had grown up in Western Australia. After early literary success and a Miles Franklin Award in 1958 for his novel To the Islands, he left for England and a life of self-imposed exile. Living most of her life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702249920
• ISBN13: 9780702249921
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 7.9"