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'A Lasting Conversation: Stories on Ageing explores many aspects of ageing including resilience and defeat, satisfaction and regret, excitement and fear, love, loss and laughter. These stories are written from various perspectives, including older women and men, their daughters and sons, grandchildren and observers. They present a fascinating picture of what it is to grow old as an Australian. Each story is infused with acute observations and wry humour.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Includes the work of Jon Bauer, Tony Birch, Gillian Bouras, Helen Garner, Sonya Hartnett, Kate Grenville, Cate Kennedy, Michael Meehan, Mandy Sayer, Amy Witting, and Michelle Wright.
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Works about this Work
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Not What They Used to Be : Pre-Pandemic Reflections on Elders
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 422 2020; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology biography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose 'Grandmothers are not what they used to be, as Elizabeth Jolley once said of custard tarts. It’s a point made by several contributors to Helen Elliott’s lively and thoughtfully curated collection of essays on the subject, Grandmothers, and it partly explains why these two books are not as similar as you might expect.' (Introduction) -
Love for Our Child’s Child
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25 April 2020; (p. 16)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology biography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose'The past month has attracted more attention to older Australians, positive and negative, as those most at risk from the coronavirus. As the editors of these two anthologies note, people, especially women, have usually faded into the background once they reached old age.' (Introduction)
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Love for Our Child’s Child
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25 April 2020; (p. 16)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology biography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose'The past month has attracted more attention to older Australians, positive and negative, as those most at risk from the coronavirus. As the editors of these two anthologies note, people, especially women, have usually faded into the background once they reached old age.' (Introduction)
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Not What They Used to Be : Pre-Pandemic Reflections on Elders
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 422 2020; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology biography ; A Lasting Conversation : Stories on Ageing 2020 anthology short story prose 'Grandmothers are not what they used to be, as Elizabeth Jolley once said of custard tarts. It’s a point made by several contributors to Helen Elliott’s lively and thoughtfully curated collection of essays on the subject, Grandmothers, and it partly explains why these two books are not as similar as you might expect.' (Introduction)
