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Uplifting and Quietly Triumphant : Debra Adelaide Launches ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother’ by Fiona Place
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Uplifting and Quietly Triumphant : Debra Adelaide Launches ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother’ by Fiona Place
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'I first saw — though not met — Fiona in the early 1990s at a premier’s literary awards, when her book Cardboard received a prize. At the awards the minister for the arts, Peter Collins, announced that Fiona would not appear to fetch her prize given the sad fact that her mother had just died. However, someone whispered in his ear that Fiona indeed was there to receive her prize, and so she stepped up to the stage.'(Introduction)
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Uplifting and Quietly Triumphant : Debra Adelaide Launches ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother’ by Fiona Place
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- Portrait of the Artist's Mother : Dignity, Creativity and Disability 2019 single work autobiography
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