Overview
In Housewife Superstar, Danielle Wood introduced us to the life (three husbands, Campbell Townand Devonport dream homes, inspiration for Dame Edna Everage) and work (countless writings,prizes, cakes, and things knitted, crocheted, sewed) of Mrs Marjorie Bligh- domestic goddess,original recessionista and all-round force of nature.The follow-up, HOME, collects the finestMarjorie moments in hints, advice, recipes, poems, gardening and travel, all reproduced asfacsimile pages from her many famed self-published books-and with new photographs,celebrity appearances and a special foreword by the great lady, now ninety-five, herself. If you have yet to discover the wonder that is Marjorie Bligh, waste no more time-for, as shesays, time is 'the greatest gift you have'.
Full Product Details
Author: Marjorie Bligh ,
Danielle Wood
Publisher: Text Publishing
Imprint: Text Classics
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.429kg
ISBN: 9781922079077
ISBN 10: 1922079073
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 24 October 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
`I don't think Edna has ever admired anybody as much as she admires Marjorie Bligh.' -- Barry Humphries `[Marjorie Bligh] casts her immense creativity, originality and insight to the world, come what may.' -- Rodney Croome `Prepare to become obsessed with Marjorie. She's a human fascinator-one she made herself.' -- Kaz Cooke 'Want to know how to bake prize-winning lamingtons, make parsnip wine, cure a hangover, maintain a relationship, rear a cockatoo and weave a mat out of plastic bead bags? Marjorie is your lady, and this is your book.' * Frankie Magazine * 'Bligh is a Tasmanian institution... [HOME] is a mixture of good sense, kitsch and the gobsmacking.' * Sunday Age and Sun Herald *
'I don't think Edna has ever admired anybody as much as she admires Marjorie Bligh.' -- Barry Humphries '[Marjorie Bligh] casts her immense creativity, originality and insight to the world, come what may.' -- Rodney Croome 'Prepare to become obsessed with Marjorie. She's a human fascinator-one she made herself.' -- Kaz Cooke
Author Information
Danielle Wood is the author of a novel, The Alphabet of Light and Dark (2003; winner of the Australian/Vogel and Dobbie awards); a collection of short stories, Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls (2006); and a non-fiction work, Housewife Superstar: The Very Best of Marjorie Bligh (2011). She lives in Hobart and teaches at the University of Tasmania.
