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Monday, 30 April 2012

Margaret Whitlam by Susan Mitchell


Title: Margaret Whitlam
Author: Susan Mitchell
ISBN: 9781741664874
Number of Pages: 416
Publisher: Random House Australia
Place of Publisher: Sydney, Australia
Year: 2007
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 13.0 x 2.9
Weight (kg): 0.3
Audience: General

Description: Margaret Whitlam has been a popular public figure for many years, including being known as the wife of a very vocal Prime Minister. An authorised biography, Mitchell had access to both Whitlam and her personal collections of letters, diaries and other paranperphinalia. From Bondi girl to Australia’s First Lady, Whitlam influenced a great many people and is considered one of Austrlia’s treasures – even now moreso since her recent passing.
"I came to represent all the ungainly people, the too-tall ones, the too-fat ones and the housebound as I had been, who'd never get the chance to go to China or Buckingham Palace and experienced it all through me" Margaret Whitlam

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