Anne Bartlett
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- 1951
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- Australia
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- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- University of Adelaide
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- Anne Bartlett is a South Australian writer; best known for her novel Knitting and the children’s book The aboriginal peoples of Australia; honorary research fellow at The University of Adelaide; has taught creative writing at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University; also has recorded the life stories of three Aboriginal elders on commission from the South Australian government; lives in a suburb of Adelaide, Australia
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Bartlett has created a complex story that touches on grief, obsession, madness, mirrored in the physical art of creation.
Sandra Fildes is a brittle, controlling, still-grieving widow whose chance encounter with the eccentric, generous Martha McKenzie grows into an odd friendship centered around Sandra's attempt to launch a multi-media display of knitted garments of the 19th century.
Yes, there's knitting content here, and if you're a knitter, you'll recognize many of Martha's mindsets and frustrations. But you don't need to have a clue about the craft to recognize the way Bartlett uses it as a metaphor.
Hugely satisfying, and I'm going to take a soapbox to my next F2F book club meeting and wave this book around until the members agree to read it for discussion.
… (mere)