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Alternative title: Her Brilliant Career : The Life of Stella Miles Franklin
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Stella Miles Franklin
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'This biography is an authoritative account of the novelist, journalist, nationalist, feminist and larrikin Stella Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career and a great literary figure. This account follows her story from her beginnings in the Australian bush, through her publishing success and time spent working for the women's labour movement in Chicago, and details her time spent as a nurse in the Balkans during World War I.'

[Source: HarperCollins]

Notes

  • Launched in Sydney by Drusilla Modjeska at the State Library of New South Wales on 5 November 2008.
  • Dedication: To the memory of my grandmothers, Elizabeth Norman Heath and Anna Elizabeth Roe, Australian girls of the period.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate , 2008 .
      person or book cover
      Source: www.fishpond.com.au
      Extent: [ix], 704p., [16]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports, facsims., map
      Note/s:
      • Includes Appendices, Endnotes (p.579-658) and Index (p.671-709)
      ISBN: 9780732275785
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts,
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      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Belknap Press ,
      2009 .
      person or book cover
      Source: www.amazon.com
      Alternative title: Her Brilliant Career : The Life of Stella Miles Franklin
      Extent: 709p.
      ISBN: 9780674036093, 0674036093

Works about this Work

History Week Symposium : Australian Women's Peace Activism Margot Simington , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , November vol. 25 no. 4 2014; (p. 8-9)
Her BrilliantLife Captured in All Its Kind Intensity Peter Craven , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 October 2012; (p. 25)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
[Review] Stella Miles Franklin Susan Magarey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 69-72)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
Non-Fiction Books Cheryl Jorgensen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10-11 April 2010; (p. 32)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
Untitled Angela Smith , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , March vol. 41 no. 1 2010; (p. 118-119)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
Brilliant Career of an Egalitarian Activist Nicole Moore , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 November 2008; (p. 9)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
A View of Her Brilliant Career Susan Lever , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 November 2008; (p. 11)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
Spotting the Real Thing Hilary McPhee , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 3 no. 10 2008; (p. 5)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
A Peek behind the Masks and Mirrors Brenda Niall , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 December 2008; (p. 32-33)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
Untitled Tully Barnett , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 347 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Stella Miles Franklin Jill Roe , 2008 single work biography
Secrets Go on for Miles Catherine Keenan , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 November 2008; (p. 30-31)
Chancing Her Arm Laurie Hergenhan , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 309 2009; (p. 4-5)
Laurie Hergenhan takes issue with Kerryn Goldsworthy's review of Jill Roe's biography Stella Miles Franklin. Hergenhan contends that, while Goldsworthy found fault with Roe's 'exhaustive research', the depth of detail is one of the book's finest qualities.
Kerryn Goldsworthy Replies: Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 309 2009; (p. 5)
Kerryn Goldsworthy responds to Laurie Hergenhan's comments on her review of Jill Roe's biography Stella Miles Franklin. Goldsworthy contends that Hergenhan misrepresents the thrust of the original review.
Miles Pass For Prized Return Deborah Bogle , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 March 2010; (p. 49)
History Week Symposium : Australian Women's Peace Activism Margot Simington , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , November vol. 25 no. 4 2014; (p. 8-9)
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