MY BRILLIANT CAREER PB – MILES FRANKLIN-CARMEN CALLIL

"NOW A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM WITH BAFTA WINNING ACTRESS, JUDY DAVIS A splendidly vivid display . . . its sharply detailed, entirely convincing voice THE TIMES An insightful exploration of class, gender and youthful frustration ANITA SETHI, GUARDIAN It combines linguistic surprise and inertness in a way possible only to genius NEW YORK TIMES First published in 1901, this Australian classic recounts the live of sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn. Trapped on her parents outback farm, she simultaneously loves bush life and hates the physical burdens it imposes. For Sybylla longs for a more refined, aesthetic lifestyle – to read, to think, to sing, but most of all to do great things. Suddenly her life is transformed. Whisked away to live on her grandmother s gracious property, she falls under the eye of the rich and handsome Harry Beecham. And soon she finds herself choosing between everything a conventional life offers and her own plans for a brilliant career."