A Mother's Disgrace
Author(s): Robert Dessaix
The frank and intimate journey of self-discovery by author, critic and arts commentator Robert Dessaix. Confronting, revealing and candid, the book traces his life from adoption towards the end of World War II, to a most unusual childhood on Sydney's North Shore, to his fascination with Russia and his time spent studying in Cold War Moscow, and to his years spent criss-crossing the globe from Kashmir to Peru on various study trips. But a life that might have been exciting to others, to Robert was empty at its core. Constantly haunting him was the realisation that there was a "shaft of silence" running through his being - the question of who his natural mother was and what his origins were. A story of coming to terms with a new identity.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Australia
- : Angus & Robertson
- : 0.216
- : 30 April 2002
- : 198mm X 128mm
- : Australia
- : 01 January 2020
- : books
Special Fields
- : Robert Dessaix
- : Paperback
- : Re-issue
- : 070
- : 208
- : Biography & autobiography; The Arts