Jane Caro
Autor(a) de The Mother
About the Author
Jane Caro was born in 1957 in London. She attended Macquarie University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English literature in 1977. She soon moved into the field of advertising. She appeared on the T.V. show Sunrise, ABC television's Q&A and as a regular panelist on The mostrar mais Gruen Transfer. Caro has worked in the advertising industry and lectures in advertising at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at University of Western Sydney. She is an author. Her books include The Stupid Country: How Australia is Dismantling Public Education, along with Chris Bonnor, The F Word. How we learned to swear by feminism, along with Catherine Fox, Just a Girl, What Makes a Good School? Along with Chris Bonnor and, with Pan Macmillan, For God's Sake! An atheist, Christian, Jew and Muslim battle it out, along with Antony Lowenstein, Simon Smart and Rachel Woodlock, and her memoir Plain-speaking Jane. In 2018, she won the Walkley Foundation's Women's Leadership in Media Award for the nonfiction book she edited Unbreakable: Women Share Stories of Resilience and Hope. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Jane Caro at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, Australia Created 13 March, 2010
Obras por Jane Caro
Associated Works
Just Between Us: Australian Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship (2013) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1957
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
England, UK (birth) - Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Ocupações
- novelist
social commentator
lecturer
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I think this could be a good read - unfortunately I only dipped into it on audiobook - but I must return to it one day.
This novel moved in waves for me. Some parts I found totally addictive and I didn't want to put the book down, but others I thought dragged and were a bit preachy. Regardless, "The Mother" was a dark, terrifying story dealing with domestic violence. I fully understood Miriam's determination to protect her daughter and grandchildren, and my heart bled for Ally for the physical, emotional and psychological brutality she had to endure at the hands of her husband. It is an indictment of our legal system when women and children cannot be protected or given the assurance of safety when these situations arise.
Jane Caro is a well-known Australian journalist, feminist and broadcaster. "The Mother" was her first adult novel, although she has written some YA stories which I have read. I admired the way she highlighted the insidiousness of domestic violence and coercive control in this novel which, sadly, will resonate with many women. A confronting read.… (mais)
Jane Caro is a well-known Australian journalist, feminist and broadcaster. "The Mother" was her first adult novel, although she has written some YA stories which I have read. I admired the way she highlighted the insidiousness of domestic violence and coercive control in this novel which, sadly, will resonate with many women. A confronting read.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 10
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- 1
- Membros
- 211
- Popularidade
- #105,256
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 10
- ISBN
- 39
It's a description of how manipulate people can be towards others, the legal system and the sacrifice
a strong person will do to protect the innocent.
A great surprise awaited and an true to life ending
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