y separately published work icon The Dressmaker's Daughter single work   autobiography  
  • Author:agent Kate Llewellyn http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/llewellyn-kate
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Dressmaker's Daughter
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'The Dressmaker's Daughter is a candid and exquisitely crafted account of Kate Llewellyn's life, from her earliest days on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia through to her nursing training, her marriage, life in bohemian Adelaide in the '60s and '70s, her time as an art-gallery owner, and the beginning of her journey as a writer.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Lynn Collins - through thick and thin
  • For different versions of the chapters 'Tumby Bay' (appeared as 'Apricot Jam' in Kunapipi), 'Learning to Read' and 'Adelaide Writers' Week' (as 'To Adelaide With Love') see related works. - from frontmatter

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate , 2008 .
      Extent: 448p.
      Note/s:
      • On cover: A memoir
      ISBN: 9780732286842 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Layers of Lessons in Soap-Opera Family Shaunagh O'Connor , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 May 2008; (p. 25)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Cut and Style Susan Sheridan , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 300 2008; (p. 51)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Out of the Ordinary Louis Nowra , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 3 no. 3 2008; (p. 21)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography ; Births Deaths Marriages : True Tales Georgia Blain , 2008 selected work autobiography
Memoirs Set the Record Straight Nicola Walker , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 March 2008; (p. 28-29)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Secret Lives of Authors Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 March 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of Births Deaths Marriages : True Tales Georgia Blain , 2008 selected work autobiography ; The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Virbrant Memoir, So Frank and Bittersweet Susan Kurosawa , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 2008; (p. 13)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Curious Weaves of an Artistic Life Rachel Cunneen , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 February 2008; (p. 13)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Secret Lives of Authors Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 March 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of Births Deaths Marriages : True Tales Georgia Blain , 2008 selected work autobiography ; The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Memoirs Set the Record Straight Nicola Walker , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 March 2008; (p. 28-29)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography
Out of the Ordinary Louis Nowra , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 3 no. 3 2008; (p. 21)

— Review of The Dressmaker's Daughter Kate Llewellyn , 2008 single work autobiography ; Births Deaths Marriages : True Tales Georgia Blain , 2008 selected work autobiography
Last amended 4 Jun 2008 09:42:32
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