My Brilliant Career
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BfK No. 11 - November 1981
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Our cover illustration this issue is by Tomie de Paola from The Night Before Christmas (Oxford University Press). See Seasonal Stories (page 28).
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My Brilliant Career
(Virago Press Ltd)
978-0860681939, RRP £8.99, Paperback
14+ Secondary/Adult
Sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn tells the story of her life in the Australian outback of the 1890s and her refusal to conform to what is expected of a mere woman. Miles Franklin wrote the novel when she was only sixteen and it's full of life and energy. (There's a sequel My Brilliant Career goes Bung for those who get hooked.)
