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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 A Story of Seven Summers : Life in the Nuns' House
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'From London journalist to owner of the historic, ramshackle Nun's Cottage and two alpacas (named Jack and Kerouac) and providore of local produce, this is Hilary Burden's journey.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Epigraph:

    If we can revise our attitudes towards the land under our feet; if we can accept a role of steward, and depart from the role of conqueror; if we can accept the view that man and nature are inseparable parts of the unified whole - then Tasmania can be a shining beacon in a dull, uniform, and largely artificial world.

    -Olga Truchanas, 1971

    Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find

    A thousand regions in your mind

    Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be

    Expert in home-cosmography.

    - William Habington, 'To My Honored Friend Sir Ed. P. Knight',

    in Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: 274p.
      ISBN: 9781742376844 (pbk), 1742376843 (pbk)

Works about this Work

A Story of Seven Summers John Silberberg , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2012;

— Review of A Story of Seven Summers : Life in the Nuns' House Hilary Burden , 2012 single work autobiography

'A subtle and engaging memoir about returning home and reconnecting with the earth, by Tasmanian journalist turned providore, Hilary Burden.'

A Story of Seven Summers John Silberberg , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2012;

— Review of A Story of Seven Summers : Life in the Nuns' House Hilary Burden , 2012 single work autobiography

'A subtle and engaging memoir about returning home and reconnecting with the earth, by Tasmanian journalist turned providore, Hilary Burden.'

Last amended 26 Jun 2013 09:54:08
Subjects:
  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Tasmania,
Settings:
  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Tasmania,
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