{"product_id":"hard-joy-susan-varga-9780645247916","title":"Hard Joy: life and writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis compelling memoir of Susan Varga's life spans seven decades and circles between Australia and Europe, activism and seclusion, everyday life and the writing life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was born into war-torn Budapest but her family escaped loss and trauma to make a new life in Sydney. Susan makes another escape, from the narrow confines of suburbia into the arms of the exciting and contradictory world of the Sydney Push. As a young woman she lives in London, Paris, Bendigo and Holland, before returning to Sydney, keen to take part of Gough Whitlam's reformist agenda, in a powerful time of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Susan also spends a long time lost in the wilderness, wrestling with the raft of dilemmas of the life of a woman. When she finally commits to the demands and joys of writing, and to a surprising love, her life assumes a new harmony. Fate then intervenes to throw up major challenges, testing her will to re-find the hard joys of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir, Susan Varga moves through the intersections between her own life and the wider world, with an incisive portrait of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Varga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 064524791X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645247916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Upswell Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.84d","brand":"Susan Varga","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47757674643711,"sku":"9780645247916","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49853ccf-43e3-46ff-9ea5-569fb1f07ca9.jpg?v=1765510513","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-joy-susan-varga-9780645247916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}