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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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, go to 

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2010/3079479.htm

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.)

My Father’s Compass is a poignant, moving and at times hilarious memoir celebrating the long life of a man with many roles: country doctor, gardener, seaman, carpenter, welder, French polisher, shipwright, cook, religious Jew and mohel (performer of ritual circumcisions).

Book launch Sunday 11 March 2012 – see Flyer under 'Learn More'

"In My Mother’s Spice Cupboard, Elana Benjamin has produced a warm and detailed account of her family’s story, as they moved from Baghdad to Bombay (now Mumbai) and finally to Sydney, Australia. With loving strokes, she has created a detailed picture of everyday life for Jews living in Bombay during the British rule, followed by the disintegration of the community post-independence. By the early 1960s, when her family left, the majority of India’s Jewish community had emigrated. Thus, she has managed to recreate a world that no longer exists, whilst there were still family members around to tell her the stories.

"My Mother’s Spice Cupboard is very readable, and makes an important contribution to understanding the everyday life of the Baghdadi community in India."
Professor Suzanne D Rutland, OAM, University of Sydney