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Author Shepard, Deborah

Title Her Life's Work : Conversations with Five New Zealand Women
Published Chicago : Auckland University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (337 pages)
Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Writing her life's work; Jacqueline Fahey; Merimeri Penfold; Anne Salmond; Gaylene Preston; Margaret Mahy; The sixth woman; Notes; References and further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary Spanning the impressive careers of five notable New Zealand women, this uncommon examination portrays the lives of Merimeri Penfold, Margaret Mahy, Anne Salmond, Gaylene Preston, and Jacqueline Fahey. Having each carved out their own distinguished reputations as artists, writers, teachers, filmmakers, and thinkers, this investigation demonstrates how each of them has balanced a professional life with a personal one. In five in-depth interviews, this record explores their families, education, the impact intimate relationships have on their creativity,
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-319) and index
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Subject Women -- New Zealand -- Biography
Successful people -- New Zealand -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
Successful people
Women
New Zealand
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
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