Yvette Wroby Yvette Wroby i(11627052 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Siren's Call : a Memoir Yvette Wroby , Fitzroy North : Malarkey Publications , 2017 11627144 2017 single work autobiography

'Siren's Call is a tale of Yvette Wroby's two families: the family she was born into and the family that is the St Kilda Football Club. It's a story about the bond between Yvette and her mother Elfie, and a wider tale of how her mother's and father's families survived the Second World War to make a rich, fulfilling life in Australia; of how Yvette's many aunts and uncles and siblings made her who she is today. It's also a story about stories - of how people in all walks of life across Australia came to cherish the red, white and black of the St Kilda Football Club or other clubs, of what life circumstances brought them to their football team. Yvette spends a year of weekends travelling the country to discover what has pulled her into that community, but returns to her mum during the week to sustain her through cancer treatments. In her busy life she handles the day-to-day responsibilities of caring for her older children, her relatives and her community. Siren's Call is a love story about family and footy and those things that bring us all together.' (Publication Summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Women’s Footy Almanac 2017 Stephanie Connell (editor), John Harms (editor), Yvette Wroby (editor), Fitzroy North : Malarkey Publications , 2017 11627073 2017 anthology prose

'The inaugural AFL Women's competition was a huge success. Although there were supporters who anticipated its impact, there were many who were surprised by the significance it had. Forty writers have come together to contribute to The Women's Footy Almanac 2017 which is a game by game account of the season which also includes essays about the what the 2017 AFLW season means to people, and why. This entertaining and insightful book is an account of sport in its social context. It is the story of football but also of football's impact on Australian life.' (Publication Summary)
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