Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009II5LSG
Publish date: January 26th 2011
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 217
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
20th Century,
Journalism,
Biography Memoir,
Australia
Inspired by her father's letter writing and longing for a glimpse of the world outside her hometown, young Geraldine Brooks sent away for pen friends around the world. Many years later, she decided to track down these friends.Brooks deftly shows parallels between her own adolescence and the developm...
Very nice little "autobiography lite."