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Peel Me a Lotus
- Author
- Charmian Clift
- Narrator
- Josie Taylor
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Publish Date
- 21 September 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
They bought a picturesque, dilapidated house and Charmian grappled with the chaos of domestic life, the arrival of a third child and the clash of cultures. On Hydra they became the centre of an informal bohemian community of artists and writers which later included Leonard Cohen.
A travel writing classic, available for the first time in 20 years. With a new introduction by Polly Samson this is the companion volume to Mermaid Singing.
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Details
- Author
- Charmian Clift
- Narrator
- Josie Taylor
- Duration
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 September 2021
- ISBN
- 9788728024584
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Genre
- Biography & non-fiction prose, Memoirs, Society & culture: general, Travel writing
Synopsis
In 1954 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post- war London for Greece. Moving first to the tiny island of Kalymnos they then settled on Hydra and stayed for almost a decade.They bought a picturesque, dilapidated house and Charmian grappled with the chaos of domestic life, the arrival of a third child and the clash of cultures. On Hydra they became the centre of an informal bohemian community of artists and writers which later included Leonard Cohen.A travel writing classic, available for the first time in 20 years. With a new introduction by Polly Samson this is the companion volume to Mermaid Singing.-
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