{"product_id":"discovering-katharine-denise-faithfull-9780645870220","title":"Discovering Katharine","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is the mid-1960s in Perth and Vicki is bored, restless and up for a challenge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many young women of the day, she left school early, lives at home and toils away in a miserable job as a lowly paid typist. She finds solace in the company of her two work friends, Nora and Gwenda, with whom she shares morning tea, biscuits and the latest titbits of gossip. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Gwenda suggests she read Coonardoo by Katharine Susannah Prichard, life begins to look up for Vicki. The novel bowls Vicki over and she decides to read everything she can get hold of by and about Katharine, recording her discoveries in her diary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwenda supports Vicki's project, Nora doesn't. She's more interested in Gwenda's troubled relationship with her boyfriend, Andy. Vicki's mother thinks her daughter is wasting her time reading books by a local radical author when she should be looking for a nice boy to marry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with the help of a friendly librarian and a retired schoolteacher to guide her through Katharine's works, Vicki uncovers a completely different way of looking at the world and slowly begins to chart a future that is entirely her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denise Faithfull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645870226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645870220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dragonfly Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Denise Faithfull","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473845862655,"sku":"9780645870220","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68a123f0-3284-47cc-8b8b-277da549ba6c.jpg?v=1762313285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/discovering-katharine-denise-faithfull-9780645870220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}