Friday 18 January 2013

Staff Favourites - Biographies

Here are three more staff favourites, especially for biography fans. Click on the titles to go to the Catalogue records and reserve online if you wish.

High Country Woman : My life on Rees Valley Station
by Iris Scott, with Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere, 2012

When she was widowed, with three children, in 1992 Iris Scott had to call on all her farming skill and inner strength to carry on as the run-holder of the 150-year-old, 18,000-hectare Rees Valley Station at the head of Lake Wakatipu, near Glenorchy. Not only that, she also had to keep up her veterinary practice. [This book] is the engaging story of Iris Scott's love of our high country and her determination to farm it successfully while upholding high conservation and land-guardianship values... From the Publishers.


Piano Lessons 
by Anna Goldsworthy, 2011

A memoir in which Anna Goldsworthy describes her experiences with Eleonora Sivan, the piano teacher who deeply impacted Anna's life with her encouragement and love of music.... From the Publishers.

A heart for freedom : the remarkable journey of a young dissident, her daring escape, and her quest to free China's daughters, by Chai Ling, 2011 

A Heart for Freedom is a tale of passion, political furor, and spirtual awakening. An inside look at China, then and now. A love song to a now forbidden country. And the inspirational true story of a woman who has dedicated everything to giving people in China their chance at a future... From the Publishers.

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