Memoirs

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“I weighed up these women in my life and decided that none of them would fill the role of a mother. But then, what did I know about mothers anyway? … The short answer was nothing – bugger-all.”

It seemed that windy Toora was an appropriate place for a sufferer of irritable bowel syndrome to hide – but not so. A dog trained to kill by Saddam Hussein, prolapsing sheep and parentally challenged ducks are all subjects in the life portrait painted by Georgette Noëllat on a canvas filled with effortless strokes of laughter, tears, and memories.

Memoir of a grassroots activist

Cups with No Handles explores the battle women face between a public life and the demands of family. Bette had a vision of a better world and her activism was a model for women in following generations.

Following her widely read book, Before I Forget, author Georgette Noëllat takes us on another jaunt through the extraordinary and often hilarious events of a not-so-ordinary life.

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To hear Manfred in conversation with Richard Fidler on Monday 4 February 2013 click here

Through an immigrant's eyes: Late Night Live with Phillip Adams 5 February 2013 listen here
Manfred Jurgensen, a multiple-award-winning writer, editor, literary critic and translator, was born on the border between Denmark and Germany  in 1940, a ‘midnight child’. He has always been sensitive to boundaries and what’s beyond the borders, emotionally and physically. 

To hear Phillip Adam's interview with Manfred on Late Night Live, listen here.

In his moving account of how a young boy managed to survive the horrors of the Holocaust, Joseph Spring takes us through his turbulent life as he fled Germany to Belgium, hid in France on false papers, tried to cross the border into Spain and was then betrayed crossing the Swiss border and handed over to the Germans.

While life doesn’t always provide answers, it certainly presents some problems which require calm reflection to resolve. Georgette Noëllat leads the reader through the gardens of her life where Nature provides peace for the mind and nourishment for the soul. Whatever you believe, you will enjoy a stroll through these pages. (Hybrid has published two of the author’s previous books, Before I Forget and Don’t Remind Me.)

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Listen to Harry Lew talking about Jan Karski on Radio National Breakfast here

A biography of Lonek Lew, the author’s father, told through the lives of over twenty people he was friendly or associated with, a number of whom were historical figures. Using his father’s clear and detailed accounts of his life in pre-war Poland, the Holocaust and his colourful life in Melbourne, as well as personal meetings and memories, the author assembles portraits of extraordinary people living through extraordinary events.

A selection of short stories, articles, and poetry written by the author over a period of 30 years, many previously published in newspapers, magazines, and journals, and are here collected in book form for the first time. The stories examine the relationships between often-predatory men and the women they lovelessly and manipulatively use.