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'An anthology of essays by twenty-four Australian women, edited by Helen Elliott, about the many aspects of being a grandmother in the 21st century. It seems so different from the experience we had of our grandmothers. Although perhaps the human essential, love, hasn’t shifted much? In thoughtful, provoking, uncompromising writing, a broad range of women reflect on vastly diverse experiences. This period of a woman’s life, a continuation and culmination, is as defining as any other and the words ‘grand’ and ‘mother’ rearrange and realign themselves into bright focus.
'The contributors: Stephanie Alexander, Maggie Beer, Judith Brett, Jane Caro, Elizabeth Cheung, Cresside Collette, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Helen Garner, Anastasia Gonis, Glenda Guest, Katherine Hattam, Celestine Hitiura Vaite, Yvette Holt, Cheryl Kernot, Ramona Koval, Alison Lester, Joan London, Jenny Macklin, Auntie Daphnie Milward, Mona Mobarek, Carol Raye and Gillian Triggs.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Review : Grandmothers: Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2020
23464974
2020
single work
review
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology autobiography'I read Grandmothers: Essays by 21st century grandmothers before Mother’s Day, but my daughter’s card prompted me to re-visit this collection of twenty-two essays by 21st century grandmothers. As they cheered ‘Happy first grand-Mother’s Day’, I wondered what the essays would offer a grandmother of a grandson born between Australia’s megafires in January 2020 and COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.' (Introduction)
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Not What They Used to Be : Pre-Pandemic Reflections on Elders
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 422 2020; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology autobiography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose 'Grandmothers are not what they used to be, as Elizabeth Jolley once said of custard tarts. It’s a point made by several contributors to Helen Elliott’s lively and thoughtfully curated collection of essays on the subject, Grandmothers, and it partly explains why these two books are not as similar as you might expect.' (Introduction) -
Love for Our Child’s Child
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25 April 2020; (p. 16)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology autobiography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose'The past month has attracted more attention to older Australians, positive and negative, as those most at risk from the coronavirus. As the editors of these two anthologies note, people, especially women, have usually faded into the background once they reached old age.' (Introduction)
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Love for Our Child’s Child
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25 April 2020; (p. 16)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology autobiography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose'The past month has attracted more attention to older Australians, positive and negative, as those most at risk from the coronavirus. As the editors of these two anthologies note, people, especially women, have usually faded into the background once they reached old age.' (Introduction)
-
Not What They Used to Be : Pre-Pandemic Reflections on Elders
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 422 2020; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology autobiography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose 'Grandmothers are not what they used to be, as Elizabeth Jolley once said of custard tarts. It’s a point made by several contributors to Helen Elliott’s lively and thoughtfully curated collection of essays on the subject, Grandmothers, and it partly explains why these two books are not as similar as you might expect.' (Introduction) -
y
Review : Grandmothers: Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2020
23464974
2020
single work
review
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology autobiography'I read Grandmothers: Essays by 21st century grandmothers before Mother’s Day, but my daughter’s card prompted me to re-visit this collection of twenty-two essays by 21st century grandmothers. As they cheered ‘Happy first grand-Mother’s Day’, I wondered what the essays would offer a grandmother of a grandson born between Australia’s megafires in January 2020 and COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.' (Introduction)
