The bean patch by Shirley Painter: notes / by Molly Travers CAE Book Groups Melbourne. Request this item to view in the Library's reading rooms using your library. But there is much else that is astonishing about Shirley Painter and her memoir, The Bean Patch. It is a brooding, eloquent and vivid story about growing up with a stepfather who beat her so violently she was taken to the morgue when she was four, presumed dead. An extraordinary memoir of abuse, survival and recovery in the tradition of Bad Blood and Once in A House on Fire Shirley Painter is 83 years old. The Bean Patch. Bean Patch by Shirley Painter starting at $1.49. Bean Patch has 1 available editions to buy at Alibris.

From Australia to U.S.A. About this Item: HarperCollins, Sydney, 2002. Condition: Very Good.

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

Signed by Author. Told in the third person this is the story of how a young girl survived growing up in a volatile household in the 1920s and 1930s. How school - and later university - became her escape route from a family filled with secrets and violence. It is also a story of how as a mature woman and a mother herself she came to face what had happened to her as a child.

How she had to bring long-buried memories into the light in order to move on. Signed to the previous owner by the author on the 1st page, previous owner's name on the title page and, taped to the inside of the 1st page, is a newspaper clipping dated 2/5/03 in which the announcement of the book had won the annual Dobbie Award for a 1st book by an Australian woman writer was announced. Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7¾' - 9¾' tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Psychology & Psychiatry.

Signed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 214. Inventory No: 0253951.

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Told in the third person, this is the story of how a young girl survived growing up in a volatile household in the 1920s and 1930s. How school and later university became her escape route from a family filled with secrets and violence. It is also a story of how, as a mature woman and a mother herself, she came to face what had happened to her as a child.

How she had to bri Told in the third person, this is the story of how a young girl survived growing up in a volatile household in the 1920s and 1930s. How school and later university became her escape route from a family filled with secrets and violence. It is also a story of how, as a mature woman and a mother herself, she came to face what had happened to her as a child.

How she had to bring long-buried memories into the light in order to move on. It is really hard to say what I think about this one. It will certainly stay with me for a while. A gruelling and disturbing story. At times confusing, it mapped a life full of sad and terrifying events and memories mixed with moments of resilience and sheer guts and determination.

Like the author herself, as a reader there were parts that you really hoped hadn't happened. Her recollections, even after she wrote this novel, were questioned. I just can't fathom how she was able to put pen to pape It is really hard to say what I think about this one.

It will certainly stay with me for a while. A gruelling and disturbing story. At times confusing, it mapped a life full of sad and terrifying events and memories mixed with moments of resilience and sheer guts and determination. Like the author herself, as a reader there were parts that you really hoped hadn't happened. Her recollections, even after she wrote this novel, were questioned.

I just can't fathom how she was able to put pen to paper and recall the harsh, cruel and horrifying events of her early life. Pci Modem Driver Advent Notebook more. It must have been a gruelling effort to allow herself to reveal what had occurred and am not surprised that it was it written later in her life. Have been reading her tributes after her passing last year, she was a much loved and respected teacher for most of her life and no doubt made it her aim to ensure children reached their potential.