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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Women's Pool
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'The tide is going out but a rogue wave crashes over the pool wall and over me, and I gasp as the colder water foams like seltzer on my skin.—Stephanie Wood

'The history of McIver’s Ladies Baths in Coogee – affectionately know as the Women’s Pool – is eloquently told in these stories by women who have found friendship, sanctuary and simple pleasure as they have gathered and swum there.

'Humorous tales of encounters at the pool sit alongside stories of sorrow and regret. There are recollections of the famed ‘Thursday Married Ladies Club’ and accounts of delight at the natural beauty, safety and freedom that Australia’s only ocean pool reserved for women offers.

'In this anthology, writers from diverse cultures reveal the role that the Women’s Pool has played in their lives. From the ‘365ers’ who brave the elements all year round to the women who seek summer sun on the rocks, a picture emerges of a space for women to be themselves.

'The ancient seasonal cycles find their own rhythm at our pool, at our place of ‘women’s business’. In the vastness of the largest Continent on Earth, it is a tiny space of companionship if wanted, or solitude if needed.—Mary Goslett'

Source : publisher's blurb

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Spinifex Press , 2021 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction : The Women's Pool, Lynne Spender , single work essay
Cocooned, Therese Spruhan , single work autobiography
The Joys of the Women's Baths, Tess Durack , single work autobiography
Morning Thalassa, Jane Messer , single work autobiography
Tides and Toms, Susan Banki , single work autobiography
The Fabulous Ladies' Pool : Notes from a Non-Aussie, Judy Banki , single work autobiography
'Women's Business', Mary Goslett , single work autobiography
Lai Learns to Swim, Lai Nguyen , single work autobiography
Shifting Sands, Grace Barnes , single work autobiography
Signs of the Times, Josi Crow , single work autobiography
My Swimming Journey, Yusra Metwally , single work autobiography
Fake, Stephanie Wood , single work autobiography
Leave These Women Alone, Helen Pringle , single work autobiography
Second Skin, Dominique Pile , single work autobiography
Mrs Sprinkle's Moonlight Madness, Louise P. Sprinkle , single work autobiography
Recovery, Maddy Proud , single work autobiography
Trouble in Pardise, Deborah Kneeshaw , single work autobiography
A Small Sense of Freedom, Rhonda Fadden , single work autobiography
They Start Them Young at the Women's Pool, Belinda Buchan , single work autobiography
Safety : Where the Outside Meets the inside, Joanne Fedler , single work autobiography

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Spinifex Press , 2021 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 160p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2021
      ISBN: 9781925950458

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